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THE UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER
DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION
Fees: 5,650 GB pounds for the following MA courses.
MA/Postgraduate Certificate/ Postgraduate Diploma in Mass Communications
The course aims to equip students for research for research and analysis of media production, texts and audiences in a global context. The course integrates critical theory with issues of policy and professional practice for students in the various sectors of the communications industries.
MA/Postgraduate Diploma in Communications, Media and Public Relations
This programme is designed for those wishing to acquire detailed knowledge of the latest research into news access and journalistic practices, and on the growth, functioning and significance of PR in contemporary society. Modules cover propaganda, ‘spin’, and the role of public relations in political and commercial communication; PR and the new media; media management in times of conflict, PR and the promotional practices of special interest groups, NGOs and the news. There will be opportunities for regional specialization and a chance to explore PR practices in a global context.
MA/Postgraduate Diploma in New Media, Governance and Democracy
This programme allows you to build on the introduction to media and communication research and specialise by studying developments around the world in the provision of electronic government. The programme examines political, economic and social reasons for the establishment of e-government and looks at the wider context of debates about e-democracy and the civic engagement of citizens.
MA/Postgraduate Diploma in New Media and Society
In addition to a thorough grounding in the origins, theoretical development and research methods used in studying media and communication, this programme deals with the history, growth and development of the internet and other wired and wireless technologies, and their psychological impact on users and societies, locally and globally.