入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求： You should have at least an upper second class honours degree or its equivalent in a social science subject. We particularly welcome applications from those with professional experience in the media and communication fields and, in this case, we would accept a degree in other subjects. Exceptionally we may consider professional experience instead of a first degree.
英语要求：IELTS 7.0 or internet-based TOEFL 107.
学费 Tuition Fee：2012/2013 £16,512
课程特征 Course Features：
The programme offer an intensive, year-long exploration of a wide range of contemporary issues in media and communications. This aim to provide:
•A broad based understanding of the development and forms of media systems in relation to political economy, regulation and power, production and organisation, processes of mediation and influence, communication content and audience response.
•An up to date engagement with diverse theoretical, conceptual and empirical developments in research on media and communications.
•A mix of core and optional courses, culminating in an independent research project in media and communications, that provides an ideal preparation for research or employment in media and communications and related fields.
•The flexibility to tailor the programme to pursue particular topics of interest by selecting from a wide range of courses taught by leading experts in the Department of Media and Communications and other departments at LSE.
课程内容 Course Content ：
Compulsory courses
(* half unit)
•Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications I (Key concepts and interdisciplinary approaches)* and Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications II (Processes of communication in modern life)*
•Methods of Research in Media and Communications (including Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis* (for students on the non-research track)
•Advanced Methods of Research in Media and Communication (including Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis) (for students on the research track)
•Dissertation
Options
Choose to the value of one and a half units (one unit for students on the research track) :
•Screening the Present: Contemporary Cinema and Cultural Critique*
•Interpretations of Information*
•Digital Convergence and Information Services*
•Media and Communications Regulations*
•Media Law: Regulating Publication*
•Media Law: Regulating Newsgathering*
•Critical Approaches to Media, Communication and Development*
•Media and Communication Governance*
•The Audience in Media and Communications*
•Mediated Resistance and Citizens*
•Political Communication*
•Media, Technology and Everyday Life*
•Contemporary Issues in Media and Communications Regulation*
•The Social Psychology of Economic Life*
•Gender and the Media Representation*
•Innovation and Information Systems: Concepts and Perspectives*
•Cultural Constructions of the Body*
•International Media and The Global South*
•Information, Communication and Knowledge Systems*
•Identity, Transnationalism and the Media*
•Critical Studies in Media and Journalism*
•Global Media Industries*
•Interpersonal Mediated Communication*
•The Social Psychology of Communication
•Science, Technology and Resistance*
•Psychoanalysis and Communication*
•Qualitative Research With Non-Traditional Data*
•Film Theory and World Cinema*
•Digital Media Futures*
•Current Issues in Media and Communications*
•Representation in the Age of Globalisation*
•Any other half unit paper which is offered in the School at master's level, subject to the consent of the student's teachers
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment：
Course assessment methods
Method of assessment Percentage
Written/formal examinations 75 %
Dissertation 25 %
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