Maynooth University

Course Details

BA Media Studies

Course Description

Media Studies engages with modes and technologies of communication, expression, social interaction and performance. Media texts, practices and institutions work through language, sound and images, and our experiences of them take place within specific cultural contexts. Media Studies as a discipline comprises theories and methods for examining and creating media texts and for analysing institutions, audiences and technologies.

Course Duration

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3year

Career outcomes

Graduates emerge with practical and research skills, and a solid grounding in media history and theory. Many seek careers in television, radio, and film production, journalism, research, creative writing, marketing, advertising and public relations. Our students have obtained key professional skills serving as volunteers at the Dublin Web Summit, as crew members on a film production, in community and local radio stations and on live television productions.




BA Media Studies Maynooth University