If you are looking to combine a contemporary, cutting-edge understanding of media and culture, while at the same time gaining valuable career skills in news media production and reporting as part of an NCTJ accredited Journalism programme, then Kent’s Joint Honours Degree in Cultural Studies, Media and Journalism is for you.**Overview**Our degree is innovative in recognising how media cultures, industries and digital innovations play a huge role in shaping the world in which we live. It offers an excellent theoretical understanding of cultural, media and information products, practices, industries, audiences and institutions in national and global contexts, as well a rigorous training in practical research and creative skills in news media production, analysis and reporting to prepare you for a career in journalism and the creative/culture industries.**Reasons to study a Cultural Studies, Media and Journalism degree at Kent**- Study and work with world-leading experts in media, cultural and journalism on an interdisciplinary course giving a global perspective.- Ranked 2nd for research quality in the UK in The Complete University Guide 2023.- Gain a National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) accredited diploma as part of your overall degree programme.- Taught in the award-winning Centre for Journalism and home to KMTV, with state-of-the-art facilities by working professionals and specialist academics in print, digital, radio and television journalism.- Meet renowned journalists at our masterclasses and seminars at the Centre for Journalism. Visitors have included: Amol Rajan, Reeta Chakrabarti, Fi Glover, Jon Snow, Mark Thompson, John Humphrys, Faisal Islam and Rosa Furneaux**What you’ll learn**Beginning with an overview of different cultural, media, and sociological theories that address the interactions between ‘culture’, ‘media’ and ‘society’ as part of a broader global and historical context.You will be prepared for the NCTJ exams, studying Reporting, Multimedia Journalism, Media Law, and British Public Affairs. In your final year you study Popular Culture, Media and Society, Digital Culture and a wide variety of options including research methods, sociology, criminology and social policy with options to study Reporting Conflict, Television Production, or Specialist Journalism.

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