Courses / Subject

Subject Overview
>By studying Media, Film & Cultural Studies, you'll get to explore the ways that 'new' media like social media, AI, and digital platforms as well as 'old' media like film, television, print and radio shape your lived experience and learn how to engage effectively and critically with an increasingly mediated world.
>You will have the opportunity to research and analyse media genres like advertising and documentary, media subcultures and fandoms, media technologies and platforms like video streaming and TikTok and you will develop understanding of how media shapes our ways of being in the world.
>You’ll develop your employability and professionalism through your exploration of media, film and cultural industries and working lives.
>This subject is focused on critical dimensions of media, film and culture, and you'll have opportunities to use practical and project-based skills on modules like Radio Production and Digital Content Creation. To develop more extensive skills in digital and audio-visual practice, you should apply to MH109 BA Media Studies.

MD1F15 - MEDIA & CULTURAL STUDIES

Credits: 15 Not compulsory:

		Module	Code	Credits	Semester	Compulsory
		INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES I	MD160	7.5	1
		INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES II	MD161	7.5	2

Subject Overview
>By studying Media, Film & Cultural Studies, you'll get to explore the ways that 'new' media like social media, AI, and digital platforms as well as 'old' media like film, television, print and radio shape your lived experience and learn how to engage effectively and critically with an increasingly mediated world.
>You will have the opportunity to research and analyse media genres like advertising and documentary, media subcultures and fandoms, media technologies and platforms like video streaming and TikTok and you will develop understanding of how media shapes our ways of being in the world.
>You’ll develop your employability and professionalism through your exploration of media, film and cultural industries and working lives.
>This subject is focused on critical dimensions of media, film and culture, and you'll have opportunities to use practical and project-based skills on modules like Radio Production and Digital Content Creation. To develop more extensive skills in digital and audio-visual practice, you should apply to MH109 BA Media Studies.

MD2CDM - MEDIA & CULTURAL STUDIES

Credits: 30 Not compulsory:

		Module	Code	Credits	Semester	Compulsory
		ADVERTISING: INDUSTRY AND AUDIENCES	MD226	5	2
		CULTURAL ALGORITHMS	MD235	5	2
		DIGITAL MARKETING CONTENT CREATION	MD237	5	2
		FILM AND SCREEN STUDIES	MD240	5	1
		HISTORY AND THEORY OF DOCUMENTARY	MD216	5	2
		MEDIA AND CULTURAL THEORY 1	MD231	5	1
		MEDIA AND CULTURAL THEORY 2	MD232	5	2
		MEDIA AND GENDER	MD220	5	1
		MEDIA, SOCIETY AND POLITICS	MD224	5	2
		SCRIPTWRITING	MD210	5	1

Subject Overview
>By studying Media, Film & Cultural Studies, you'll get to explore the ways that 'new' media like social media, AI, and digital platforms as well as 'old' media like film, television, print and radio shape your lived experience and learn how to engage effectively and critically with an increasingly mediated world.
>You will have the opportunity to research and analyse media genres like advertising and documentary, media subcultures and fandoms, media technologies and platforms like video streaming and TikTok and you will develop understanding of how media shapes our ways of being in the world.
>You’ll develop your employability and professionalism through your exploration of media, film and cultural industries and working lives.
>This subject is focused on critical dimensions of media, film and culture, and you'll have opportunities to use practical and project-based skills on modules like Radio Production and Digital Content Creation. To develop more extensive skills in digital and audio-visual practice, you should apply to MH109 BA Media Studies.

MD2CMI - MEDIA & CULTURAL STUDIES

Credits: 20 Not compulsory:

		Module	Code	Credits	Semester	Compulsory
		ADVERTISING: INDUSTRY AND AUDIENCES	MD226	5	2
		CULTURAL ALGORITHMS	MD235	5	2
		DIGITAL MARKETING CONTENT CREATION	MD237	5	2
		FILM AND SCREEN STUDIES	MD240	5	1
		HISTORY AND THEORY OF DOCUMENTARY	MD216	5	2
		MEDIA AND CULTURAL THEORY 1	MD231	5	1
		MEDIA AND CULTURAL THEORY 2	MD232	5	2
		MEDIA AND GENDER	MD220	5	1
		MEDIA, SOCIETY AND POLITICS	MD224	5	2
		SCRIPTWRITING	MD210	5	1

Subject Overview
>By studying Media, Film & Cultural Studies, you'll get to explore the ways that 'new' media like social media, AI, and digital platforms as well as 'old' media like film, television, print and radio shape your lived experience and learn how to engage effectively and critically with an increasingly mediated world.
>You will have the opportunity to research and analyse media genres like advertising and documentary, media subcultures and fandoms, media technologies and platforms like video streaming and TikTok and you will develop understanding of how media shapes our ways of being in the world.
>You’ll develop your employability and professionalism through your exploration of media, film and cultural industries and working lives.
>This subject is focused on critical dimensions of media, film and culture, and you'll have opportunities to use practical and project-based skills on modules like Radio Production and Digital Content Creation. To develop more extensive skills in digital and audio-visual practice, you should apply to MH109 BA Media Studies.

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MD315 and MD316 can only be taken together and not as individual modules.

MD3CDM - MEDIA & CULTURAL STUDIES

Credits: 30 Not compulsory:

		Module	Code	Credits	Semester	Compulsory
		AUTHORSHIP IN FILM AND TELEVISION	MD321	5	2
		COLLABORATIVE FILMMAKING CULTURES	MD339	5	2
		DISSERTATION 1	MD315	5	1
		DISSERTATION 2	MD316	5	2
		GLOBAL CINEMA: IRELAND AND THE WORLD	MD330	5	1
		LIVE RADIO PRODUCTION	MD337	5	2
		MEDIA AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES	MD314	5	2
		MEDIA AND CULTURAL WORK	MD332	5	1
		PHILOSOPHY & FILM	MD340	5	2
		PODCASTING AND 21STC RADIO	MD326	5	1

Subject Overview
>By studying Media, Film & Cultural Studies, you'll get to explore the ways that 'new' media like social media, AI, and digital platforms as well as 'old' media like film, television, print and radio shape your lived experience and learn how to engage effectively and critically with an increasingly mediated world.
>You will have the opportunity to research and analyse media genres like advertising and documentary, media subcultures and fandoms, media technologies and platforms like video streaming and TikTok and you will develop understanding of how media shapes our ways of being in the world.
>You’ll develop your employability and professionalism through your exploration of media, film and cultural industries and working lives.
>This subject is focused on critical dimensions of media, film and culture, and you'll have opportunities to use practical and project-based skills on modules like Radio Production and Digital Content Creation. To develop more extensive skills in digital and audio-visual practice, you should apply to MH109 BA Media Studies.

MD3CMI - MEDIA & CULTURAL STUDIES

Credits: 20 Not compulsory:

		Module	Code	Credits	Semester	Compulsory
		AUTHORSHIP IN FILM AND TELEVISION	MD321	5	2
		COLLABORATIVE FILMMAKING CULTURES	MD339	5	2
		GLOBAL CINEMA: IRELAND AND THE WORLD	MD330	5	1
		LIVE RADIO PRODUCTION	MD337	5	2
		MEDIA AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES	MD314	5	2
		MEDIA AND CULTURAL WORK	MD332	5	1
		PHILOSOPHY & FILM	MD340	5	2
		PODCASTING AND 21STC RADIO	MD326	5	1