This highly interdisciplinary programme provides students with the opportunity to study contemporary media from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. This distinctive approach is best illustrated by the core module, Media and Society, which brings together key aspects of modern media and approaches them from the perspective of politics, economics, law and international development. Through your choice of optional modules (including practical options), and your dissertation you will tailor the degree to your interests, focusing on those aspects of media and society that you feel are most important. This MA provides students with an opportunity to study contemporary media from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. Its distinctive approach is best revealed in the compulsory module which brings together key aspects of modern media. It looks at the role of media in global citizenship, at media law and economics, and at different media systems. This module provides a foundation to explore in more detail a number of related issues on the rest of the course. Assessment is based on a mix of dissertation, essays, research papers and performance in seminars. Recent graduates from our MA programmes have taken up jobs in a wide variety of fields, including: business, teaching, research, journalism, the UN and many other international organisations.