| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA | Full-time, Part-time | 1 - 2 year | - | - | - |
Please note, following student feedback, this course has been renamed from Media and Cultural Studies MA to Global Media and Society MA from October 2025.
Why Lancaster?
The pace of innovation means that new media technologies, platforms and organisations are constantly emerging. They reshape social structures and ways of life. One of the most crucial questions of our times is: how can we understand these changes? Crack this and you’ll be a valuable asset to a vast range of organisations.
Answering the big questions
In what ways do media forms and technologies become globally significant, and what are their local or translocal dimensions? How do we critically investigate the power, politics, and values of innovation industries and media cultures?
MA Global Media and Society focuses on these issues by drawing on a wide range of academic fields and professional expertise. You will dissect key issues in media and technology and explore intersections with social inequalities, gender, sustainability, consumerism and fandom, activism and decolonising.
You’ll consider how creative media and digital transformation can both reproduce global social inequalities and be used as a tool for justice and cultural participation across societies.
Develop your expertise
Our goal is to advance your skills in the kinds of critical thinking, independent research, and creative problem solving that are needed to lead development and innovation in the media and broader cultural sectors.
Our academics contribute to the public debate on key issues in media culture, so you can be confident you’ll be part of a vibrant community at the forefront of the latest thinking. Plus, you’ll have access to the latest digital media equipment to help you complete your practical coursework. Your personal academic tutor will be on hand throughout to discuss your progress on a one-to-one basis.
Contact Lancaster University to find course entry requirements.
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