[Air-L] Call for applications: MA Data, Culture and Society (University of Westminster)

[Jacob Johanssen]

 *MA Data, Culture and Society*

The School of Media and Communication at University of Westminster welcomes
applications to its MA programme in Data, Culture and Society for September
2019 entry.
We live in an age where almost everything of what we do is connected to
data. Big data and datafication - the increasing transformation of multiple
aspects of everyday lives into digital data - pose great opportunities but
also risks for contemporary societies.

The programme is part of the School's Communication and Media Research
Institute (CAMRI) which is home to around 30 researchers and 65 doctoral
students. It has been a leading centre of media and communications research
in the UK for almost 30 years. In the most recent Research Excellence
Framework (REF 2014), 52 per cent of our research was judged to be
“world-leading”, with 87 per cent of the total rated “internationally
excellent”. CAMRI is noted for its strong international dimension and its
focus on critical media research, with interests in the study of digital
and social media, the political economy of communications, global and
transnational media, media policy studies, media and activism, and media
history.

*Live webinar, Wednesday, 20 March, 2PM: *
Interested applicants can join a live webinar to find out more about the
course and ask questions. Please register here:
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1768245992160977420

*What do students do on the course?*
This multidisciplinary course combines hands-on and applied approaches with
theoretical learning and critical analysis. It will encourage
collaboration, creative practice, group work and problem-based learning.
Students will be introduced to the tools and approaches that can be used
for collection, analysis, management and visualisation of data, as well as
to the skills needed to critically think about the ethical, cultural,
social and political implications of their practices.

*Who is the course for?*
The course combines technical skills, critical use and creative production.
It addresses graduates, who may wish to acquire a set of skills in relation
to data analytics, processing and visualisation, while maintaining and
furthering a critical mode of enquiry into practices and trends that shape
individuals, organisations and societies today. It also speaks to graduates
with technical backgrounds and work experience in data-related industries,
who wish to develop a more critical and multidisciplinary understanding of
the social, cultural, political and economic implications of data-driven
societies today.

* Where do students work following graduation?*
Students who complete the Data, Culture and Society MA can work in a wide
variety of sectors connected to data in different ways: media and creative
industries, PR & advertising, consulting and think tanks, start-ups,
research and development, regulation and policy, data and knowledge-based
companies and organisations, data management.



*More information and entry requirements:*

https://www.westminster.ac.uk/computer-science-and-software-engineering-journalism-digital-media-and-pr-courses/2019-20/september/full-time/data-culture-and-society-ma


A slideshow about the course can be found here:

https://www.slideshare.net/slejay/introduction-ma-data-culture-and-society-university-of-westminster-uk/slejay/introduction-ma-data-culture-and-society-university-of-westminster-uk



For more information, please contact:

Jacob Johanssen

J.Johanssen at westminster.ac.uk