Centre for Global Media and Communications

We live in a media-saturated age. So it is impossible to appreciate how people think about and act towards the world and one another without a critical and in depth understanding of the many ways they communicate and mediate the world around them. We need to ask what concerns and hopes they have; how should we address comparatively the global role of mass and digital media in contemporary politics and conflict, as well as processes of exclusion, inequalities, development, participation and empowerment. By virtue of our specialist expertise we have an unparalleled knowledge of different non-Western cultures that conventional global media programmes simply cannot offer. The Centre of Global Media and Communication and SOAS is unique, giving you the critical skills and knowledge to address prevailing orthodoxies and understand the complexities of the contemporary world through our three MA on-campus programmes:the MA Global Media and Communication; the MA International Journalisms and the MA Media in Development. We also have an online MA Global Media and Digital Cultures as well as an MPhil/PhD programme in Global Media and Communication.

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Media Studies at SOAS

Degree Programmes

Facts and figures

6: The Centre is unique in the world in its focus on media, information and communication in the Global South. It offers an eclectic mix of 3 postgraduate taught degrees and a research degree (PhD) whose non-Eurocentric approach offers fresh directions to examining the contemporary world.

Teaching

Ranked 101-150 in the world for Communications and Media Studies (QS World University Rankings by subject 2017)
Classes are taught by research active instructors who focus on different aspects of communication, culture, and society in the Middle East, Asia and Africa
Excellent teacher:student ratio and personal contact
Students study core classes in their chosen MA, and are encouraged to take classes across SOAS to create a unique degree with a regional, topical, or language focus that fits their needs
Alumni go onto high profile careers in the media, in NGO and Think Tanks and academic research

Research

Our research spans the Middle East, Asia and East Africa and topics, including political communication, digital media and activism, political economy of news media; social movements; migration; diasporas; ethnic minorities; transnational communities; digital technologies and development and digital cultures in the Global South. Our research students work on a variety of topics including media histories, gender and media, documentary and refugees, conflict and journalism practice, feminist activism, solidarity movements and the media and political communication of non-state actors.
Our research in film and media has been ranked in the top 20 in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, with more than a third of our research publications assessed as 4* (world-leading).
Our staff regularly appear in the media as guests and commentators on diverse contemporary issues.

News

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Global Media alumna appointed UN Director of Communications, Jerusalem

Juliette Touma, alumna in MA Global Media and Post-National Communication, has been appointed to the post of Director of Communications for the UN in Jerusalem.

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