Critical and Creative Media Maynooth University

Overview

The  Critical and Creative Media program from Maynooth University  combines critical thinking and cutting-edge creative practice to tackle the challenging environment of contemporary media industries. It develops a wide range of theoretical and practical approaches across several media forms, including film, interactive media, print, broadcast TV and radio. It situates these media in their historic and social contexts, examining how people engage with them, their economic infrastructures, and technological forms, alongside hands-on practical engagement with media tools. 

Career options

Knowledge of, and skills in, mediated communication are required across a whole range of sectors. Media industries such as web design, games, film and television all require understanding of the wider communication landscape, practical knowledge of production and research skills. But it is also companies that interact with the public  – that have communications and a wider social presence – that call for informed media graduates. Businesses include sports, arts and heritage organisations, charities and NGOs, corporations and brands increasingly require media-trained graduates, particularly in the areas of content production and interactive media. They also demand the kinds of critical thinking, research skills, and creative problem-solving that are developed across this programme.