Digital Media

Victoria University has Master of Digital Media which focuses on “key insights into the very latest industry practices and processes”. (https://www.vu.edu.au/courses/international/master-of-digital-media-amdm)

University College London has an MA in Digital Media : Critical Studies which is designed for students “who wish to investigate the significance and interpretation of digital media. Students explore theories and methods relevant to the analysis of media texts, audiences, users and digital cultures.” (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/taught-degrees/digital-media-critical-studies-ma) University of Sussex has an MA in Digital Media which teaches “the history of digital media, the key concepts shaping current thinking about digital media, the intellectual debates in digital culture, digital humanities and computational media, digital methods for research and practice”. (https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/masters/courses/digital-media-ma)

Few universities trains students for the content creation such as Loyola University Chicago has a Master of Communication in Digital Media and Storytelling which is helpful for professionals who are “makers of all forms of digital content who desire the tools to turn their ideas into compelling, marketable stories they can share with the world.” (https://www.luc.edu/soc/graduate/digitalstorytelling/) London Metropolitan University has an MA in Digital Media which emphasizes on “interactive media content creation, interactive design, digital media production, social media management, digital media project management and much more.” (https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/digital-media—ma/)

Few universities focus on digital tools and equipment such as Oxford Brookes University has an MSc in Digital Media Production which focuses on how to “operate digital equipment and manipulate data to produce finished products for the creative industries. And work with interactive products such as game engines, mobile applications or websites. As well as the longer established media of television, video and audio.” (https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/digital-media-production/) Harvard Extension School has a Master’s in Digital Media Design which develops “an understanding and application of the latest tools in the communication portfolio, such as web design, web programming, mobile application design, video/film, game design, and digital photography.” (https://extension.harvard.edu/academics/programs/digital-media-design-graduate-program/) University of Hertfortshire has an MA in Digital Media Arts which focuses on “more digital specialisms including video, kinetics, animation, sound, games, photography, social and interactive media” (https://www.herts.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-masters/digital-media-arts2)

Also, few universities cover social, economic, and political aspect such as KU Leuven has a Master of Digital Media and Society which trains students about how “digital media shape the societal domains of personal identity and wellbeing, culture and community, politics and policies, business and marketing.” (https://soc.kuleuven.be/fsw/toekomstigestudenten/english/ma-communication-sciences-digital-media-and-society) City University of London has an MA in Media and Communications which builds “in depth knowledge and understanding about the role of media and communications in the societies of developed and developing countries across the world” (https://www.city.ac.uk/prospective-students/courses/postgraduate/media-and-communications) Swansea University has an MA in Digital Media which focuses a “fresh contemporary angel on the biggest societal issues of today, drawing upon our expertise in media and communication skills” and explores “colourful past, preset and future of digital media.” (https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/culture-communication/media-comms-journalism-pr/ma-digital-media/) University of Glawgow has an MA in Digital Media and Information Studies which discovers “the creation, use and impact of digital content and information in the arts, humanities and society at large. It brings a human perspective to the issues of the digital age.” (https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/digitalmedia/) The London School of Economics and Political Science has an MSc in Media and Communications which gives “ understanding of the development and forms of media and communications in relation to political economy, regulation and power, production and organisation, processes of mediation and influence, communication content and audience response” (https://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/Graduate/degree-programmes-2023/MSc-Media-and-Communications)

Northeastern University has a Master’s in Digital Media which focuses on aspects such as “design thinking, technical competency and creative expression”. (https://www.northeastern.edu/graduate/program/master-of-professional-studies-in-digital-media-boston-201/)

Depaul Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media has a Master of Arts in Digital Communication and Media Arts which is offered in two colleges with two different tracks. College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM) runs the Media Arts track which “prepares professional media artists to be leaders in transmedia storytelling and media production” and College of Communication runs “Digital Communication track, which focuses on the theory and strategy of planning and writing about media.” (https://www.cdm.depaul.edu/academics/pages/MAInDCMA.aspx) Technische Universitat Berlin runs a joint Master’s degree in Digital Media and Technology which is offered by Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin) and Humboldt-Universität Berlin (HU Berlin). “TU Berlin is responsible for areas of the curriculum focusing on computer science, mathematics, and technology, while the communication and social science components are taught at FU Berlin.” (https://www.tu.berlin/en/studying/study-programs/all-programs-offered/study-course/digital-media-and-technology-m-sc)