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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, health,
activism and protest, social media, globalisation, and urban life. 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.
INDICATIVE MODULES
First Year
• Digital Video
• Mediated World
• The Photographic Message
• Contesting Popular Culture
• Social Inequalities in the
Contemporary World
• Investigating Social Issues
Second Year
• Creating Awareness Campaigns
• Documentary: Theory and Practice
• Media, Culture and Power
• 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
KEY INFORMATION
UCAS Code - PL33
Foundation Year
Yes
Indicative entry
requirements
Combined Honours
A level: BCC-CCC
BTEC: DMM-MMM
Course duration
3 years 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