Overview
Television and Cross-Media Culture
The Television and Cross-Media Culture (Media Studies) programme of the University of Amsterdam explores contemporary media culture from a critical perspective. The programme offers you the tools to understand and evaluate the ongoing transformation of media culture and its impact on culture, politics and everyday life. Taking television as a starting point, it maps out the conceptual, social and cultural challenges that come with digital, mobile and social media.
Careers
The Master's in Television and Cross-Media Culture prepares you for a broad range of career opportunities within the field of Media Studies.
The job market
Graduates of the Master's programme Television and Cross-Media Culture will have developed the skills to provide well-informed, well-founded and practical television criticism, both in terms of editing and programme development, and policy development and programme evaluation for closed-door and open forums. They frequently go on to become editors at broadcasting or production companies or work in different capacities in the field of journalism.
An academic career
Graduates can also go on to a PhD programme at the UvA, another Dutch university or a university abroad. When pursuing an academic career, it is advisable to discuss the possibility of joining a two-year Research Master's programme. If you are passionate about research and show exceptional promise in the first semester of your Master’s programme, you may apply to switch to the Research Master’s programme.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Media, Money, Power
- Cross-media Aesthetics and Storytelling
- Sexuality and Media
- TV Research Seminar
- Case Studies Television and Cross-Media
- The Futures of Culture: Art and Media in/outside Changing Institutions
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Film, Photography & Media Media Management Media Studies & Mass Media View 40 other Masters in Media Studies & Mass Media in NetherlandsAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any academic requirements for this programme.
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- A Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in: Media and Culture; Media and Information; A discipline in the humanities or social sciences with a minimum of 60 ECTS (equivalent to two full-time semesters of academic studies) taken in courses related to media analysis, media practices, text and audience analysis or, more broadly speaking, the methodologies of cultural analysis
- You are expected to have an awareness of basic methodological approaches in media studies or a closely related discipline
- English language requirements
Tuition Fee
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International
16060 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 16060 EUR per year during 12 months. -
EU/EEA
2168 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2168 EUR per year during 12 months.
Living costs for Amsterdam
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.