MA Global Media and Culture in Keele United Kingdom | Keele University

Across platforms like social networks, advertising, cinema, music, and museums, media in all its variations influences how we perceive reality. It introduces us to perspectives and concepts that can profoundly impact our self-image and worldview, as well as our relationship with media itself. This interdisciplinary Global Media and Culture MA program explores the connections between modern media, cultural frameworks, societal structures, and personal identity. The course offers compelling insights into the evolving international media environment, analyzing cultural production, distribution channels, and consumption patterns across diverse sectors.
In our interconnected digital age, media platforms—especially film, television, online spaces, and social networks—wield significant influence in driving actions and shaping opinions on issues ranging from public health to geopolitical conflicts and migration.

This Global Media and Culture MA investigates how worldwide media and creative industries function while being shaped by historical contexts, social dynamics, political climates, economic conditions, and technological advancements. The program also explores how these growing sectors' cultural outputs subsequently mold both collective values and personal identities, affecting perspectives on issues like inclusion and discrimination.

Combining academic rigor with practical application, the course enhances analytical abilities, research methodologies, and technical media skills through focused study of four core formats (photography, television, film, and digital media).

Designed to prepare graduates for careers throughout cultural, creative, and digital sectors, the program nurtures creative development from initial concept through to production and marketing. Past students have leveraged our advanced media resources to produce and publicly screen projects like documentaries exploring immigrant entrepreneurship.

This dynamic field integrates concepts and methods from multiple disciplines, benefiting from our faculty's extensive expertise spanning media theory, film studies, cultural communication, and literary analysis.

Our strong partnerships with regional arts institutions like the New Vic Theatre keep curriculum content current. We analyze evolving corporate, political, and social approaches to media and culture, tracking how these shifts affect creative formats, messaging, and dissemination channels.

Students join a vibrant university community with abundant creative opportunities through ArtsKeele, providing access to valuable professional networks and cultural experiences.