Global Media and Communication
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This programme aims to prepare graduates to work as professionals in the global media and communications industries with a specialism in a chosen area. It will focus on fostering a critical understanding of the changing global media environment and on preparing graduates who will have an insight into the role of the media and how society exchanges information through communication in democratic societies, as placed within historical and theoretically-grounded contexts. With platform convergence, and a dissolving of the walls between information and entertainment media, the study of media and communication—in particular with a focus on international issues such as globalisation; populism; sustainability; digital literacy; verification and mis-information—has resonance with graduates interested in postgraduate study. Graduates will be trained with professional communication and production skills to work as professionals in the industry, across multiple platforms. Students will take a dual approach to their studies, being exposed to academic knowledge and understanding as well as practical skills and reflective practice. Students will have an opportunity to further specialise and develop a niche in a subject area of particular interest via a choice of elective streams as follows:Social Media and Digital Technology (from 2020–21)Global Business and Financial Communication (from 2021–22)Climate Action, Sustainability and STEM Communication (from 2022–23)Humanitarian Communication and Human Rights (from 2022–23) Aims and objectives of the programmeTo equip graduates with transferable communications and critical thinking skills that will poise them for future success in the labour marketTo prepare graduates to work in the highly specialised media, wider communication and creative industries with a specialism in a chosen stream, affording them an opportunity to develop an appropriate set of skills during the programmeTo develop students’ research skills to a level commensurate with postgraduate study and afford them an appropriate grounding for further postgraduate research opportunities nationally and internationallyTo develop ethical, articulate and socially responsible graduates who will contribute to the strengthening of democracy in Ireland and internationally through their professional practiceTo encourage the personal academic development of postgraduate students through a coordinated series of modules that incorporate small group research-led teaching and learning experiences
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