Journalism, Media and Globalisation MA
Equip yourself with an international blend of journalism an media skills as part of a unique two-year master’s degree bringing together five leading European institutions under the prestigious programme. Our journalistic specialism here at City is largely focused on business and finance.
Skills:
• Communicate effectively, both in writing and orally, both with tutors and other course members.
• Plan, conduct and communicate original research in journalism studies, whether in the form of journalistic or academic writing.
• Use a variety of research methods useful to the field of journalism studies, including content analysis, discourse analysis, interviews, focus group research, survey research, statistical analysis, archival and policy research and ethnographic field work.
• Critically analyse media coverage of European issues in a global perspective, identify new and creative angles on European issues in a global perspective.
• Interact with other course members.
• Write journalistically, and have the knowledge and confidence to report competently on European issues, and cultural issues from two European countries
Benefits of this course
- You will learn as part of a diverse cohort from around the world in this prestigious Erasmus Mundus programme.
- The Mundus Journalism degree explores the practice and performance of journalism and the media in the context of globalisation, modernisation and commercialisation.
- We will give you relevant skills and knowledge concerning European journalism as you apply a global perspective to journalism before specialising in one journalistic field.
- You will gain an understanding of contemporary issues and debates in European journalism and acquire analytical skills and techniques to assess the merits of different approaches and theories.
Course Options
- Globalisation: Reporting Global Change
- Globalisation and theTransformation of the State
- Globalisation, Culture and the Roles of the Media
- Social Science Methods for Journalists
- Researching Journalism
- Analytical Journalism
- Fundamentals of Financial Journalism
- Reporting Business
- Data Journalism
- Global Political Economy –
- Contemporary Approaches
- Data Visualisation and Communication
- Political Economy of Global Finance
- Journalism Innovation
Career paths
Graduates of the MA in Journalism, Media and Globalisation have found jobs in international journalism, as editors or reporters at news institutions around the world, and in communication at international companies and organisations. After studying with an international group of young journalists and communications professionals, students can expect to leave the programme with an extensive network of professional contacts and friends around the world.
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