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MSc Media and Communications (Data and Society)

UK

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What will I learn?

The MSc Media and Communications (Data and Society) is a social science programme which offers a critical, year-long exploration of the significance of data and information within contemporary societies and communications.

At a time when intensive data-gathering about online activity is central to both business models and to governments’ strategies for understanding their citizens, the programme’s theoretical perspective on datafication is highly relevant, allowing students to understand, evaluate and respond to the social and political contexts of data production and analytics. You will also consider the cultural aspects of the role of data within everyday life.

The programme provides students with the resources to understand the wider implications of a social shift towards data. In comparison to data science programmes, this programme will also teach students skills in understanding how data processes can be constructed, managed and renewed to fulfil social and civic ends, identifying the ethical questions raised by data’s growing role in communication and social processes and what approaches might resolve them, and understanding the significance of data-collection processes and data governance.

Careers

Destinations of alumni from the MSc Media and Communications (Data and Society) have included: project manager for the Asset Data Question Project, Product Manager, Policy Assistant at Research Institutes, Content Strategist, Analysts, Planning Executives.

This programme will give you an understanding of how data shapes social life specifically through communication processes. This is useful for future careers in media and communication fields that are increasingly bound up with information systems and data development, such as: advertising and marketing, data analytics, legal and political consulting, information management, and editorial.

Which department am I in?

Media and Communication

Study options

Full Time (1 year)

Tuition fees
£27,480.00 (US$ 35,489) per year
This is a fixed fee
Start date

29 September 2025

Venue

Houghton Street

London School of Economics and Political Science,

London,

England,

WC2A 2AE, England

Entry requirements

For international students

Upper second class honours (2:1) degree or equivalent in social science, or degree in a social science subject. We particularly welcome applications from people with professional experience in the media, communications, data or information technology fields. IELTS: Overall 7.0, Reading 6.5, Listening 6.5, Writing 6.5, Speaking 6.5. TOEFL iBT (including Home and Paper Editions): Overall 100; Reading 23, Listening 22, Writing 24, Speaking 22.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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