Social media, citizen journalism, activist media, participatory media and specialised broadcast media are successfully used to inform and engage audiences outside established channels of communication for issues such as: social inequality human rights gender issues environmental change. This course combines a critical analysis of development, democratisation processes and social change with the acquisition of creative and technical media production skills. You focus on media as a tool for social and political change in the context of (international) development and social change. There is a strong emphasis on the role of civil society in effecting social change in this MA.

Civil society institutions, social movements and international development agencies increasingly require skilled and creative people to apply digital media technologies in enhancing their capacity to communicate, interact and influence within and across borders. This MA has been developed specifically for those seeking employment in: global or national media industries NGOs and the international voluntary sector international development institutions independent media production companies.