MSc Media and Communications

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

You’ll examine key theoretical issues in media and communications within the context of social change. As you progress, you’ll deepen your understanding of the historical, political, economic, and technological dimensions of the media and a changing society. The MSc in Media and Communications provides you with a broad-based and critical understanding of the politics of technology, media, representation, and the distribution of power in society. The programme will help you understand and reframe the relationship of digitisation, global politics, and social change within complex media and technological systems. The programme gives you a theoretically grounded approach to understanding our present surroundings, including the influence of platforms on our daily lives, the politics of media labour, and social threats of artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithmic decision-making. The programme is taught by world-leading academics – our department is rated top in the UK and second in the world for media and communications. You’ll also have the chance to hear from external speakers such as journalists, activists and media executives.

Media and Communication