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MEDIA AND SOCIOLOGY
BA (Hons)
Why study this course?
You will explore the sociological implications of digital media and popular culture as well
as engaging in creative media practice such as filmmaking and photography. You will
have permanent access to dedicated creative facilities and support from an engaged
community of academics.
You will attend lectures led by an interdisciplinary team of experts in
their field, participate in seminars, and get hands-on experience of media
production including pre- and post-production techniques. You will have
access to media production facilities and the opportunity to try a range of
media forms including photography, digital video, magazine production,
newsmaking and social media.
The media modules combine a distinctive balance of theory and practice
so you can develop as a critical and thoughtful practitioner. You will study
the role of media in society, the impact of the political economy on media
content and the relationship between content and audiences. You will
analyse popular cultural forms such as TV, memes, film and news, think
about their meaning in contemporary social life and explore your ideas
through media production.
The compulsory sociology modules provide you with a grounding in the key
areas of the discipline: inequalities, social theory, and research methods. You
will cover a wide range of topics including families, activism and protest,
social media, globalisation, and celebrity. Studying sociology will enable you
to think independently, critically, and imaginatively about the issues that
shape our everyday lives and our futures.
What will this mean for my future?
You will develop as a critical, analytic, and creative thinker, gaining social
and communication skills which are useful for a wide range of careers.
Our graduates have entered occupations in creative industries, social care,
the health sector, advertising and marketing. You might go on to work in
broadcasting, the movie industry, journalism, publishing or web design.
Some of our graduates choose to pursue further academic study at Master's
or doctoral level.
UCAS Code - PL33
Foundation Year
Yes
Indicative Entry
Requirements
Combined Honours
A level: BCC-CCC
BTEC: DMM-MMM
Indicative Modules
First Year
• Digital Video
• Mediated World
• The Photographic Message
• Media, Culture and Power
• Social Inequalities in the
Contemporary World
• Investigating Social Issues
Second Year
• Creating Awareness Campaigns
• Documentary: Theory and Practice
• Social Media and Society
• Teenage Dreams: Youth Subcultures
in Fiction and Film
• Contemporary Social Theory
• Research Methods
• Witchcraft, Zombies and Social
Anxiety
Third Year
• Sustained Media Practice
(Media Project)
• Creative Magazine Production
• Work Experience Module
• Visual Pleasures: From Carnival
to Disney
• Celebrity
• The Virtual Revolution: New
Technologies, Culture and Society
• Gender and Consumption
Course Duration
3 or 4 years with an
international year
Study abroad
Yes
International Year
Yes
Learn a Language
Yes
For information on courses that combine subjects please visit keele.ac.uk/ugcourses