Media Practice for Development and Social Change MA 12 months Postgraduate Programme By University of Sussex |TopUniversities
Subject Ranking

# 151-200QS Subject Rankings

Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

22,575 GBPTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

01 Aug, 2025Application Deadline

Programme overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This is a unique interdisciplinary course. You’ll critically analyse development, democratisation processes and social change alongside gaining creative and technical media production skills.



You focus on media as tools for global, social and political change. There is a a strong emphasis on the role of civil society and alternative media organisations.



Activist media, citizen journalism, participatory media, specialised broadcast media and social media are successfully used to inform and engage audiences outside established channels of communication for issues such as:

  • social inequality
  • human rights
  • gender issues
  • environmental change.

You’ll have 24-hour access to the latest professional-grade equipment and post-production facilities.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This is a unique interdisciplinary course. You’ll critically analyse development, democratisation processes and social change alongside gaining creative and technical media production skills.



You focus on media as tools for global, social and political change. There is a a strong emphasis on the role of civil society and alternative media organisations.



Activist media, citizen journalism, participatory media, specialised broadcast media and social media are successfully used to inform and engage audiences outside established channels of communication for issues such as:

  • social inequality
  • human rights
  • gender issues
  • environmental change.

You’ll have 24-hour access to the latest professional-grade equipment and post-production facilities.

Admission Requirements

59+
3+
80+
6+
169+

You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.

01 Aug 2025
1 Year
Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic
11,025 GBP
International
22,575 GBP

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