Bachelor of Arts in Digital Media and Culture Kings College London, UK

Taught by a dedicated team of experts in central London, this single honours Digital Media & Culture degree covers digital media, culture and internet studies. It will equip you with the necessary skills to explore how digital media and culture is changing the way we understand the past, experience the present and anticipate the future.

By studying a range of topics, including digital politics, data science, social media, AI, the internet, and much more, you’ll develop a critical insight into the social, political and economic challenges and opportunities that both shape, and are shaped by, the digital.

Key benefits

• Explore how individuals, companies, governments, and other institutions are being transformed by social media, machine learning, artificial intelligence, digital management techniques and practices, data journalism, digital advertising, analytics, visualisations, and more.
• Develop your research skills with training in digital research methods.
• Learn from leading academics in a department that’s recognised for conducting world-leading research into digital culture.
• Thrive in a friendly and supportive learning environment.
• Benefit from our central London location and the exciting possibilities to access digital cultures, organisations, companies and cultural institutions on your doorstep.
• Get a grounding for careers in all aspects of digital culture, including the creative industries such as advertising, journalism, publishing, digital curation and management.

Our Digital Media and Culture BA explores theories of digital culture and media and teaches you how to apply those concepts.

The first year of this digital media and culture degree will give you a taste of everything you need to know with a variety of required modules. You’ll think about different media forms, understand how media is created, learn about the evolution of the internet and how networked technologies work,explore how the digital world impacts politics, get to grips with the essential theories of new media, and more.

Your second year will be balanced between optional and required modules that will further strengthen your knowledge of digital culture and digital media theory and teach you how to apply these concepts. You’ll also get the opportunity to select from a range of optional modules to focus your studies, including modules on social media, digital campaigning, management for the digital domain, and beyond.