Global Media and Publishing Management (Taught)

About this Course
This MA program at the University of Southampton (ranked 6th for research quality in the UK Complete University Guide 2026) is designed to develop your critical and practical skills for a career in the literary and cultural industries. The course blends critical and creative approaches, giving you both the academic knowledge to understand the cultural significance of these industries and the practical skills to work within them.
You will explore topics such as:
• New media and its impact.
• Online and interactive publishing.
• The relationship between gaming and narrative.
• Areas like adaptations and translation, literary tourism, and heritage management.
The course provides a deep dive into the contemporary global industries that shape literary cultures, including popular genre fiction, children's literature, plays, and poetry.

Key Features about the course
• Practical Learning: The program includes practical sessions and potential placement opportunities.
• Exclusive Access: Your learning benefits from exclusive access to curators, theatre directors, novelists, and heritage venues.
• Interdisciplinary Study: You will engage with established literary figures (such as Shakespeare and Austen) alongside modern creative writing.
• Final Project: The course culminates in a Final Project where you undertake a concerted period of independent study and research on a topic of your choice within global literary industries management.
• Core Modules: Core study involves modules like Approaches to Critical and Creative Concepts, Communicating the Cultural Industries, and Literary Industries and New Media.

Career Prospects
This master's degree prepares you for a range of professional roles within the global creative and cultural sector, providing you with the knowledge and practical expertise for successful employment in areas such as:
• Publishing
• Journalism
• Broadcasting
• Archiving
• Arts Writing
• Heritage Management
Graduates also have the option to pursue further academic study at the PhD level.

"Compulsory modules include: Approaches to Critical and Creative Concepts; Literary Industries and New Media, Final Project. Optional modules include: Approaches to the Long Twentieth Century (1914-Present); Approaches to Shakespeare, Past and Present; Narrative Non-Fiction: From Literary Journalism to Memoir; Narrative, Place, Identity, The Publishing World.

For a full list of modules please visit: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/global-literary-industries-management-masters-ma#modules"

We'll assess your knowledge through: essays, critical reviews, library and data retrieval exercises, annotated bibliographies, oral presentations and a final project.