On this course you’ll examine the ways in which media and culture shape our societies and the people in them. This degree programme offers a great deal of choice in what you study. In your core modules you’ll explore media power and the history of social and political thought. You’ll also develop social research skills and learn how to analyse media, such as TV. As you progress you’ll build on that core foundation of skills and knowledge with optional modules. You’ll choose from topics such as gender and power, digital media and society, animation, journalism, American music, promotional culture, public opinion, digital politics, magazines, Japanese film, and much more besides. You could even choose to study a foreign language, or spend a semester studying abroad, as well as research and write a dissertation on a topic of your choosing. Each year you’ll be able to select the areas and topics that you’re most interested in. You’ll be able to look at how media and culture construct people’s individual and collective identities. Or you can consider how globalisation both affects, and is affected by, media and culture. You can explore the ways music, television and film connect to citizens’ everyday lives. Alternatively, you can study the impact of digital media on social and political processes. You’ll also have the opportunity to acquire journalistic skills or the skills necessary to become a campaigner. UEA has a strong reputation for its teaching and research on media and culture. We have specialists in media and cultural studies, in the law and economics of media, on media policy and on the politics and sociology of media and culture. **Course Structure** **Year 1** In your first year you’ll establish the foundations of the course. You’ll study media power, how to analyse television, and the history of social and political thought. At the same time you’ll be able to choose from a range of optional modules which may include a foreign language or other aspects of media and culture. **Year 2** Aside from a compulsory module on methods of social research, which will equip you with techniques to carry out your own research and to see the strengths and weaknesses of the methods used by others, study in your second year will be guided by your personal interests. You’ll be able to choose from topics such as gender and power or digital media and society, animation, journalism, American music and promotional culture. **Year 3** In your final year, you get to choose from a range of more specialised modules, the topics of which may include public opinion, digital politics, magazines, Japanese film, and much else besides. It’s in your third year that you may opt to write a dissertation, drawing on your own interests and questions. **Disclaimer** Course details are subject to change. You should always confirm the details on the provider's website: **www.uea.ac.uk**