Media Culture Studies Mainz University

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Target group

The Master's degree in Media Culture belongs to the field of media research in Cultural Studies and provides graduates with theoretical, historical and methodological skills in the critical analysis of analogue and digital media cultures. The research-oriented Cultural Studies degree course assumes a reciprocal relationship between culture and media, according to which each culture shapes its media formations and, conversely, all cultural processes are fundamentally formatted by media. In this perspective, the media are not understood as neutral channels of transmission, but rather as active mediators of human relationships to the world, which shape sensory perception, serve to generate, store and process knowledge, and shape social relationships and political public spheres. Media are thus taken into account in their specific logic, that is, in terms of their materiality, operationality and ecology. Based on this broad concept of media, the course imparts theoretical, historiographical and methodological knowledge and trains the students in reflecting on current specialist discourses as well as in socially-wide debates at the connecting points between art, society, science and technology. Embedded in the interdisciplinary structure of the Institute for Film, Theatre, Media and Cultural Studies (FTMK) at the JGU, the degree program also opens up access to interdisciplinary media and cultural theory content and problems. Project modules also enable the conception and implementation of larger thematic formats on current research topics in the interlinking of theory and practice. The four-semester Master's program qualifies students for activities in a wide variety of demanding professional fields with media and / or cultural relevance, such as in film, television and radio editorial offices, in the field of digital media, in museums and archives, in media and cultural policy institutions.

Annotation

If the Bachelor's degree certificate is not available by the application deadline, but at least 135 credit points can be demonstrated: Submit a certificate of study and examination achievements and the average grade achieved so far. (This certificate must be issued by the relevant higher education institution, original or officially authenticated copy). After enrolment, the final degree certificate must be submitted. If the degree was obtained abroad: officially authenticated copy of a certificate of recognition (responsible: Student Services - Admission International).

Admission modus

Local admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

Admission requirements for the Master’s degree in “Media Culture Studies” is proof of a relevant Bachelor’s degree in one of the main courses in Cultural Theatre Film Studies Film Science, Theatre Studies or Cultural Anthropology / Folklore in core or minor subjects or in a comparable subject in media, cultural or social science guidelines with less than 30 CP in media culture studies at a university in Germany or abroad.

Main language

German