Media Studies

About this course

Media studies is the critical and theoretical analysis of media and communication in contemporary society. It examines how media texts, from films and television programmes to news, advertising, social media, and digital content, are produced, distributed, and consumed, and what their effects are on public life, culture, and individual experience. The discipline draws on sociology, cultural studies, linguistics, political economy, and film theory to develop frameworks for understanding how meaning is made and circulated through media, who controls that process, and what the consequences are for democracy, identity, and social relations. At the University of Brighton, media studies is studied over three years of full-time study, with the programme including a sandwich year and a work placement. The curriculum covers the history of media institutions and technologies, theories of represen

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 41% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 4% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 4% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 45 / 100Media Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 8% of graduatescards →

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