Course summary
Race, Media and Social Justice offers a rigorous and academic approach to deepen your understanding of contemporary issues regarding race and ethnicity, in order to form your own interventions that can contribute to social justice and equality. Learn via a systematic exploration of research and scholarship into race and ethnicity across the overlapping fields of sociology, media and cultural studies. An interdisciplinary approach is used to provide you with the analytical tools and skills needed to enable you to explain and critique why contemporary understandings and representations of race take the shape that they do. The programme is broadly framed in terms of issues of social justice, specifically the social ideals of equality, valuing diversity, and the right to live in dignity, and how this relates to the formation of racial and ethnic identities. The programme consists of two main components: Conceptual understanding The first component is designed to give you a foundation in sociological and critical cultural approaches to race and ethnicity, offering a strong conceptual basis for understanding matters of race and racialisation historically and with regard to contemporary contexts and debates. This includes a critical analysis of the social/political theory of the liberal/ multicultural/postcolonial/cosmopolitan settlements of ‘race’. The aim is to deepen your understanding of the formation of ethnic and racial identities, racism and multiculturalism in relation to issues of social justice. Contextual knowledge The second component situates the study of race and racism more explicitly within the context of the media, looking at issues of representation and the persistence of historical constructions of Otherness. The unique intervention of the programme is in drawing attention to the context of production, exploring the experience of people of colour working in the cultural industries. This component will be enhanced by a series of industry talks from BAME practitioners working in the creative, cultural and communication industries, which will give you practical insight into the experience of race in the media. The Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies has been ranked 2nd in the UK for 'world-leading or internationally excellent' research (Research Excellence Framework, 2021) and 12th in the world (2nd in the UK) in the 2022 QS World Rankings for communication and media studies.
Modules
Aims of the programme Demonstrate an informed understanding of the complexities of race, social justice, activism and research; Understand the formation of ethnic and racial identities in relation to social justice specifically the social ideals of equality, valuing diversity, and the right to live in dignity; Understand how modern understandings of race and ethnicity are shaped by history and the legacies of empire and colonialism, as well as contemporary forces of commercialism and global capital; Develop a systematic understanding of key theoretical approaches to race and ethnicity and media apply them to critically examine current debates on race, ethnicity and racism; Recognise the media as a key site where understandings of race and ethnicity are simultaneously reinforced and challenged; Develop the critical and analytical skills to identify, explain and evaluate discourses of race and ethnicity, particularly in the media; Develop knowledge and/or skills that can be applied in a practical work context Full-time mode Compulsory modules Race Critical Theory and Social Justice 30 credits Race, Empire and Nation 30 credits Optional modules to the value of 60 credits. Part-time mode Year 1: Compulsory modules Race Critical Theory and Social Justice 30 credits Race and the Cultural Industries 30 credits Year 2: Optional modules Optional modules to the value of 60 credits. Please note that due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.
Entry requirements
Applicants will normally have, or expect to gain a first degree of at least upper second class standard (or equivalent). We accept a wide range of international qualifications. If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 6.5 with a 6.5 in writing and no element lower than 6.0 to study this programme.
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Provider information
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
Lewisham
SE14 6NW