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MA - Master of Arts
Newcastle, Main Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
1 Year
Examine the changing dynamics of contemporary international relations, with a focus on how popular culture shapes world politics.Our World Politics and Popular Culture MA focuses on key theories, policies, and events in world politics in relation to traditional and new media forms.You'll learn to think critically about:how world politics is reflected or reproduced in popular culturehow the politics of popular culture shapes the dynamics of world politicsapproaches and methods in social science and in cultural studies researchYou'll develop the skills to:identify, analyse, evaluate and interpret the principal source materials for world politics and popular cultureplan, carry out and communicate original researchOverall you'll gain advanced knowledge and understanding of contemporary world politics and popular culture, equipping you for careers in:government agenciesbusinessthe media
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