BA Media, Data and Society
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points overall with no score less than 4 or pass the IB Diploma plus 6,5,5 in 3 HL subjects. BTEC: BTEC applications are encouraged. We evaluate each BTEC application on its merits and may make offers at DDM.
About this course
BA (Hons) in Film Studies, combining standard approaches to studying the media with computational and data-driven methods. Core topics include Programming, Data Analysis, and Research Methods. The course addresses the growing role of data and algorithms in society.
Modules
- INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES A
- MEDIA INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS A
- COMMUNICATION, CULTURE, AND MEDIA ANALYSIS A
- DIGITAL COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA
- COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA RESEARCH I
- DIGITAL MEDIA AND DATA A
- COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA RESEARCH II
- PUBLIC RELATIONS, MEDIA AND DIGITAL SOCIETY
- CONVERGED MEDIA AND SCREEN ENTERTAINMENT B
- APPROACHES TO CULTURAL AND MEDIA STUDIES B
- MUSIC IN GAMING
- PROFESSIONAL AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
- FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES
- IMMERSIVE MEDIA AND VIRTUAL WORLDS
- INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING
- AI AND DIGITAL MEDIA
- CORPUS AND COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS
- MEDIA AND CAMPAIGNING
- STARDOM AND MEDIA CELEBRITY
- ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION: POLITICS, SCIENCE, ACTIVISM, AND THE MEDIA
- GAMES AND ALGORITHMIC CULTURE
- PROPAGANDA, POWER, AND LIFE
- RESEARCHING DIGITAL CULTURES IN THE AMERICAS
- INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION
- MEDIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- POPULAR CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND POLITICS
- ISSUES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
- DATA SCIENCE AND VISUALISATION
- ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA AND HISTORY ON SCREEN
- FINAL YEAR PROJECT
- VIRAL VIDEO
- DISSERTATION
- SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WORK PLACEMENTS MODULE
- WORK PLACEMENT YEAR