Communication Science - Media Psychology Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Overview

The Communication Science - Media Psychology course from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers theoretical insights into how media affects brains, body and behaviour of individuals. These include selective media use, message processing, media violence, addiction, emotional responses, mediated reality and the future of communication technology. You will discover which psychological theories can guide the design and adaptation of both traditional media (TV, films) and newer media (social media, video games, VR, social robotics).

Future

The graduates of this Master often end up working for large offline and online communication agencies or in the communication department of an organization. And at a later stage we often see our alumni advance to roles in which they become responsible for the communication strategy of corporations and government organizations, including breweries, ministries, online platforms, chain stores, media companies and NGOs. Yet another group of students ends up working more hands-on at smaller organizations or agencies where they combine communication strategy and its implementation.  

After this Communication Science Master you will be able to work in a great variety of different positions. You will be able to work at a marketing or advertising agency as a researcher who critically examines communication forms and effects, or as an editor at a media company, a spokesperson for a government or other organization, a conference manager, a communication consultant, a researcher or as a journalist