MA/PgDip Social Media
- International students can apply
- Based at MediaCityUK
Teaching, learning and assessment strategies are varied and include 'problem-based' and 'task-based' learning, and the programme includes work with communities outside of the academic community of practice. These strategies not only facilitate the development of a high level of specific knowledge and skills within the realm of social media, but also 'adaptive expertise' where there is an ability to take an informed and flexible approach to change core competencies in order to continually expand the breadth and depth of your expertise.
Staff Profile
Ben Light - Professor of Digital Media
Teaches: Digital Culture
Interested in the appropriation of digital media on an everyday basis (see www.benlight.org for further information).
Publications:
Crawford, C., Gosling, V. and Light, B. (2011) Online Gaming in Context: The Social and Cultural Significance of Online Games. London, Routledge (Forthcoming).
Light, B. and K. McGrath (2010). "Ethics and Social Networking Sites: a Disclosive Analysis of Facebook." Information Technology and People 23(4), 290-311.
Light, B. Fletcher, G. and Adam, A. (2008) Gay Men, Gaydar and the Commodification of Difference, Information Technology and People, 21(3), 300-314.