MA in Journalism & Media Communications Griffith College Dublin
Price: EUR 7750 (For EU Living Abroad) EUR 11250 (Non EU)

    Course details

    Whether it is driving social media content, digital design in print and online, TV or radio broadcasts, photography, writing the articles that get people talking, learning how to ask the questions that matter, Griffith’s media and communications courses have the answer. At Griffith College our undergraduate courses with degrees in Journalism, Photography, Visual Media, Film and TV production and our masters’ programmes in Journalism or Applied Digital Media, deliver the skills and knowledge that matter in our social media information driven world.

    We have journalism courses that cover media studies, radio, film and TV, digital and social media and photography. You can move across the full range of these disciplines from recording and editing your radio interviews, doing live broadcasts, producing your own film documentaries, developing photographic skills in digital, to commercial and action photography culminating in a graduate exhibition where previous students have won national awards in photography and video production.

    Students will also be setting up their own online presences through blogs, web site design and other online social media. You can conduct your own investigations, publish magazines and newspapers and in doing so, follow the path of many other successful journalists and media professionals.

    Media moves our world, whether it is social, digital, old or new, visual, print, online or radio. A media course at Griffith College will give you the edge to succeed and take on the challenge of entering the growing communication sector in Ireland and internationally. Employers consistently notice the can do attitude and professionalism of Griffith graduates. Students are assured of excellent teaching practices, using industry standard techniques and technologies. Students on our QQI validated Journalism, Media and Photographic courses are also entitled to student membership cards from the National Union of Journalists, which recognises the courses for professional training purposes.

    Background to the course

    The MA in Journalism and Media Communications programme offers a comprehensive multimedia syllabus designed with input from Irish journalists, academics and media practitioners. This contribution has helped to produce a course that is relevant to current and emerging job opportunities, as well as reflecting and adapting to technical, creative, social and market developments. The programme allows students with an existing undergraduate degree in a non-journalism or media discipline, to acquire the skills of journalistic writing, production and communication. It integrates critical media understanding with application so that theory is combined with practice. During the course students are challenged in real journalistic situations in print, broadcast and online media, and in doing so become aware of a media working environment. The Writing and Reporting module, for example, facilitates learners reporting in both radio and print through its Newsdays and participation in Griff FM, the college radio station. National Union of Journalists recognition of this programme entitles students

    The MA in Journalism and Media Communications is a 90 credit programme consisting of ten taught modules. There are eight mandatory modules on the programme and students also acquire subject specialisations by completing two electives (from a choice of five). Shorthand is also offered on the full-time programme as a noncredit elective. The Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism and Media Communications programme is a 60 credit programme which consists of the ten taught modules and does not include the dissertation module.

    The MA in Journalism and Media Communications is assessed mainly through continuous assessment. As assignments are designed to reflect the specific educational requirements of each particular module, they can differ significantly from one module to another (e.g. essays in Sociology of the Media, research proposals in Research Methods; the production of a radio programme/ newspaper article in Writing and Reporting, exercises in layout and design in Newspaper and Magazine Production; presentations in Communications and Audience Theories, etc.) On completion, students possess an extensive array of skills enabling them to secure media based employment.

    Core Subjects
    • Communications & Audience Theories
    • Dissertation
    • Investigative Journalism
    • Newspaper and Magazine Production
    • Online Media
    • Media Law and Ethics
    • Research Methods
    • Sociology of the Media
    • Writing and Reporting
    Electives
    • Business of Digital Media
    • International Political Economy
    • Photojournalism
    • Shorthand
    • Sports Journalism
    • Video Journalism
    Updated on 08 November, 2015

    About Griffith College Dublin

    Griffith Halls of Residence is purpose-built student accommodation located on the grounds of Griffith College Dublin.

    About Griffith Halls of Residence

    Griffith Halls of Residence is purpose-built student accommodation located on the grounds of Griffith College Dublin. Just 15 minutes' walk from Dublin city centre, Griffith Halls of Residence boasts an enviable central location that makes us ideal not just for Griffith students, but also students attending any of Dublin's universities or other third level institutions.

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