媒体与通讯（数据与社会）

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.