MA Digital Media and Global Communication

Course Overview

Want to transform your career by building the skills and creative confidence to make your own digital media? And to gain insight into how digital media is transforming contemporary global culture and communication? If so, our MA Digital Media and Global Communication is the course for you.

This course uniquely combines three of UEA's areas of strength. Firstly, you'll gain a cutting-edge understanding of digital media, social media, communication technologies, and their impact on global audiences. Secondly, you'll channel that understanding into creating your own digital media content, mastering the skills needed to make your creative vision a reality. Thirdly, you'll learn how to facilitate communication in international business and management, including in the global media industries. You'll develop a host of communication skills covering everything from content creation in digital media to the ability to ensure positive and fruitful communication in professional, commercial and personal settings. You'll even have the option to take modules from Norwich Business School.

UEA is a globally recognised and pioneering centre for nurturing creativity, and CreativeUEA is one of its flagship themes. This means you'll have the support of renowned tutors, including industry insiders with decades of experience in writing and creating media. Norwich and Norfolk's thriving position in the creative sectors means you'll be able to apply for media-oriented internships and placements, for instance to take part in the running of film festivals. You'll have access to all UEA's specialist digital media facilities, supported by a dedicated team of technicians, to work on your own projects or those commissioned by external organisations.

You'll graduate from this dynamic Master's programme equipped with the tools and skills necessary for success in a diverse range of careers across the creative industries and beyond, including media and journalism, marketing and PR, digital content creation, corporate roles or government positions.

This version of the course gives you the flexible opportunity to begin your studies in January.

This course is open to

This course is open to UK and International applicants. The annual intake for this course is in January each year.

Typical International Entry Requirements

Degree classification

UK Bachelors degree - 2.2 or equivalent

Degree Subject

Any subject area

Additional Entry Requirements

If you have alternative qualifications that have not been mentioned above then please contact the university directly for further information.

English Foreign Language

Applications from students whose first language is not English are welcome. We require evidence of proficiency in English (including writing, speaking, listening and reading):  

• IELTS: 6.0 overall with minimum 6.0 in Writing and Speaking and 5.5 in Listening and Reading

Test dates should be within 2 years of the course start date.

We also accept a number of other English language tests. Review our English Language Equivalencies for a list of qualifications that we may accept to meet this requirement. 

If you do not yet meet the English language requirements for this course, INTO UEA offer a variety of English language programmes which are designed to help you develop the English skills necessary for successful undergraduate study:  

• Pre-sessional English at INTO UEA  

• Academic English at INTO UEA 

INTO UEA

If you do not meet the academic requirements for this course, you may be able to study the International Pre-Masters programme offered by our partner INTO UEA. This programme guarantees progression to selected Master's degrees if students achieve the appropriate grade. For more details, please click here: 

International Pre-Masters in Business, Economics and Social Sciences 

Admissions Policy

Our Admissions Policy applies to the admissions of all postgraduate applicants.

Employability

This degree equips you with a host of skills in communication, digital media content creation, social media, audience analysis, digital business, and more. These skills are hugely in demand by employers across a range of sectors in the global Cultural and Creative Industries and beyond. In the current global context, every business needs an understanding of how to generate compelling content that reaches and persuades its audiences – this MA perfectly equips you to fulfil this need. Or you might plunge into careers in other aspects of the media industries – working for streaming or social media platforms, for instance. Your advanced understanding of digital media and confidence as a global communicator will equip you for management and senior leadership roles in many organisations. Or you might become an entrepreneur, using your diverse skills to establish your own media start-up. Whatever career you pursue, you’ll find yourself able to meet its challenges as a creative and confident digital communicator.

Examples of careers that you could enter include:

• Digital Content Creation and Production
• Social Media, Digital Marketing, Audience Analytics
• Press and Online Journalism
• Careers in entertainment media platforms
• PR and Advertising
• Creative Entrepreneurship

Discover more on our Careers webpages.