World Politics and Popular Culture MA

Our World Politics and Popular Culture MA focuses on key theories, policies, and events in world politics in relation to traditional and new media.

You’ll learn to think critically about:

• how world politics is reflected or reproduced in popular culture
• how the politics of popular culture shapes the dynamics of world politics
• approaches and methods in social science and in cultural studies research

You’ll develop the skills to:

• identify, analyse, evaluate and interpret the principal source materials for world politics and popular culture
• plan, carry out and communicate original research

Overall you’ll gain advanced knowledge and understanding of contemporary world politics and popular culture. This specialist knowledge and skills equip you for careers in:

• government agencies
• business
• the media