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BA Society, Culture and Media
University of East Anglia (UEA)
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Course Summary
- Type: BA
- Location: Norwich, United Kingdom
- Duration: 3 Years
- Deadline: 20-12-2013
Course Description
UEA has now become a major academic centre for the study of culture and media, and this innovative programme, introduced in September 2002, brings together research and teaching expertise in sociology, socio-linguistics, film and television studies and political science. You will study core units such as Culture and Society and those that develop research skills but you will also be able to choose from a range of options including units such as, Cinema since 1960, Constructing the News, Consumer Cultures, Contemporary Social Identities, Discourse Analysis, Economics of Film and TV, European Media: News and Documentary, Interpreting Modernity, Introduction to European Cinema, Key issues in film studies, Language and Politics, Politics and Mass Media, Politics and Popular Culture, Sociology of the Body, Visual Culture and Television sitcom.
This degree programme is not designed to provide technical or professional media training but to give you the sort of knowledge and ideas that could set you on a wide variety of careers including those in the leisure and cultural industries. As well as developing a range of transferable skills, on completion of the degree you will have an understanding of how culture and media shape modern societies that will enhance your abilities to contribute to cultural change as a citizen.
