Master in Future Media and Journalism
Kaunas, Lithuania
DURATION
12 up to 18 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Introduction
This program applies a multidisciplinary approach that combines competencies and skills of (a) journalism, (b) emerging media technologies, and (c) content (text, audio-visual, VR, AI) creation with an informed analysis of emerging trends and a problem-solving approach to evolving societal challenges. The program is aimed at training engaged media professionals who are open to societal challenges, possess journalistic knowledge and expertise to adequately respond to various societal needs, are capable of critically analyzing the impact of media and communications in public life, and are ready to initiate innovative news services and produce multimedia products.
Why Future Media and Journalism programme?
- Focus on emerging technologies
- Deep integration of interdisciplinary knowledge
- Career and practice focus
- Global outlook and experience
- Work with active researchers and practitioners
Program accreditation
International assessment completed by the expert panel at the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education in 2021 provided a highly positive evaluation and accreditation of the Program for a maximum of 7 years. The experts underlined that the Program is among the best equipped to deal with continual changes in the digital media landscape.
Professors
The top-notch international faculty makes this programme stand out from its competitors and includes prominent experts, professionals, and researchers:
- Auksė Balčytienė
- Gintautas Mažeikis
- Epp Lauk
- Robert van Voren
- Ignas Kalpokas
- Jaq Greenspon
Admissions
Program Outcome
Conceptual and theoretical knowledge and competencies:
- To explore and analyze developmental trends identified within contemporary journalism and emerging media ecosystems; to review those in a broader transnational and political, economic, socio-cultural, and historical perspective;
- To evaluate transformations of contemporary media ecosystems in the context of accelerated globalization and mediatization, analyzing content, audiences, technologies, and organizations;
- To understand the functions of journalism, as a structural element of the future media ecosystems, and its changing role and functions in a democratic– inclusive knowledge –society.
Analytical and research-based competencies:
- To identify significant research questions in the field of journalism, media, and communications, to initiate and manage scientific and applied research;
- To apply qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research methodology and empirical data collection techniques in media, journalism, and communications research;
- To critically reflect on the research process and outcomes; to draw research-based conclusions and decisions.
Professional competencies and skills:
- To demonstrate a solid knowledge of systems of media regulation and self-regulation, cross-cultural differences and to pursue the principles of morality, social responsibility, and human rights perspectives in journalism practice;
- To apply techniques and methods of gathering, selecting, evaluating, writing, and editing news, while using different types and sources of information, given the media users and different channels;
- To experiment and critically explore how art and content creation in contemporary journalism is related to affordances offered by emerging media technologies (text, audio-visual, VR, AI).
Social skills:
- To apply effective communication skills in both, professional and personal areas;
- To demonstrate social empathy, responsibility, and professionalism in decision-making.
Personal skills:
- To demonstrate critical and analytical thinking skills, news and media literacy competencies;
- To apply creative writing, storytelling, innovative thinking, project management, team-building, and life-long learning skills.
Career Opportunities
The program nurtures an entrepreneurial attitude: program graduates will acquire qualifications and a great diversity of skills and detailed professional competencies ranging from the most generally related to the comprehension of the societal processes to the most specific and subject (journalism and media) focused. Program alumni will be qualified to work in media and communications organizations, research and training institutions, media monitoring bureaus, and market research companies. The Master’s Program in Future Media and Journalism qualifies for further studies, including Ph.D. programs.