Description There are very few institutions of any size that do not create and depend on the management, reuse and curation of digital media and information. Government, the public sector, Higher Education, cultural and creative industries and business all make and use these assets every day. As well as developing the practical skills needed to manage digital media assets, students will develop their critical and reflective capacities and increase their understanding of the interdependence between digital processes, technology, society and curatorial practice. This will empower them to enter into a technologically complex and fast-moving digital world of work. The MA takes a comparative and interdisciplinary approach requiring students to explore and critically assess competing theories and practices from across new media digital management, archival, and information science. This will provide them with a well-rounded understanding of the requirements across domains. Recent years have seen an explosion in the volume, complexity and range of digital content in a variety of media. This has also been called the big data revolution and goes hand in hand with an increasing interest in the digital economy as the engine of growth. The MA DAMM programme at King's is a CILIP accredited programme. CILIP is the UK's professional association for library and information professionals. By taking a CILIP-accredited programme you will have an internationally-recognised qualification as an information professional, which will also enable you to work towards Professional Registration (such as CILIP Chartership - MCLIP). Reasons you should consider the MA in Digital Asset and Media Management: Broadcast and publishing industries are increasingly using digital media in new ways, on new technological platforms such as tablets and mobile. Archives and libraries are increasingly depending on born digital materials and cultural heritage organisations are digitizing and making available digital materials relating to our history and culture. Businesses rely on digital media and content to develop, run and manage their future prosperity, leading to a big data revolution. Research managers and data scientists work with large volumes of digital data, running experiments, simulations and visualisations. Employers are looking for skilled professionals with knowledge and expertise in managing their valuable digital media assets.

All institutions concerned with the effective management of their information and media assets, for example, museums and galleries; archives; media organisations; publishing houses; government and industry; healthcare and law firms.