Media and Communication (Taught)

Media doesn’t just report the world: it informs how we see, experience, and act within it.

The contemporary media environment presents intense challenges for institutions, industries and audiences. The growing influence of AI, rising tensions in online cultures, and debates over the regulation of global platforms are reshaping media systems and raising urgent questions about power, responsibility, and global impact.

The Media and Communication MA aims to enable you to navigate this complex media ecosystem. Through real-world case studies, diverse theoretical perspectives and professionally oriented assessment, it will provide you with advanced skills and qualities that are increasingly valued across media, policy, and cultural industries.

Through core modules, you’ll examine the impact of technological developments on media regulation, cultural production, and audience experience, and investigate global forms of popular entertainment such as animation, gaming and online drama. You’ll also develop hands-on experience in conducting research, learning how to define your own questions and to apply media theory to create impactful, sustainable projects. In addition, your choice of optional modules will enable you to gain practical experience in areas such as podcast production, social media campaign design and business planning and pitching.

The course is delivered by research-active academics with industry experience across major broadcasters and media companies in London, (the UK’s media hub) and other parts of the world.

With its distinctive focus on the relationship between media policy, industry practice and global popular culture, the course draws on Westminster’s 50+ years of teaching media studies to prepare graduates for fields such as digital strategy, communications, media policy and consultancy, as well as providing a foundation for doctoral studies.