*MA Data, Culture and Society* The School of Media and Communication at University of Westminster welcomes applications to its MA programme in Data, Culture and Society for September 2019 entry. We live in an age where almost everything of what we do is connected to data. Big data and datafication - the increasing transformation of multiple aspects of everyday lives into digital data - pose great opportunities but also risks for contemporary societies. The programme is part of the School's Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) which is home to around 30 researchers and 65 doctoral students. It has been a leading centre of media and communications research in the UK for almost 30 years. In the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014), 52 per cent of our research was judged to be “world-leading”, with 87 per cent of the total rated “internationally excellent”. CAMRI is noted for its strong international dimension and its focus on critical media research, with interests in the study of digital and social media, the political economy of communications, global and transnational media, media policy studies, media and activism, and media history. *Live webinar, Wednesday, 20 March, 2PM: * Interested applicants can join a live webinar to find out more about the course and ask questions. Please register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1768245992160977420 *What do students do on the course?* This multidisciplinary course combines hands-on and applied approaches with theoretical learning and critical analysis. It will encourage collaboration, creative practice, group work and problem-based learning. Students will be introduced to the tools and approaches that can be used for collection, analysis, management and visualisation of data, as well as to the skills needed to critically think about the ethical, cultural, social and political implications of their practices. *Who is the course for?* The course combines technical skills, critical use and creative production. It addresses graduates, who may wish to acquire a set of skills in relation to data analytics, processing and visualisation, while maintaining and furthering a critical mode of enquiry into practices and trends that shape individuals, organisations and societies today. It also speaks to graduates with technical backgrounds and work experience in data-related industries, who wish to develop a more critical and multidisciplinary understanding of the social, cultural, political and economic implications of data-driven societies today. * Where do students work following graduation?* Students who complete the Data, Culture and Society MA can work in a wide variety of sectors connected to data in different ways: media and creative industries, PR & advertising, consulting and think tanks, start-ups, research and development, regulation and policy, data and knowledge-based companies and organisations, data management. *More information and entry requirements:* https://www.westminster.ac.uk/computer-science-and-software-engineering-jour... A slideshow about the course can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slejay/introduction-ma-data-culture-and-society-u... For more information, please contact: Jacob Johanssen J.Johanssen@westminster.ac.uk