Language - Media - Society

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Focus

Multi-modality, Linguistics, Communication Science, Inter-Cultural Skills, Language and Communication, Media and Communication, Cultural Studies, Multilingualism and Interaction, Sociolingustics/Pragmatics

Target group

Students who are interested in working in media both internationally and within Europe, within journalism, public relations in international and European institutions and companies, NGOs and cultural organisations with a European dimension or in university and science management with an international orientation. This course also prepares students for a doctorate.

Annotation

The research-oriented degree course in Language – Media – Society combines a cultural-scientific and comparative perspective on language and mediality in their social conditionality with a focus on Europe. The degree course addresses various communication contexts (everyday life, institutions, audio-visual media), communicative and aesthetic practices (oral and written, monomodal and multimodal, analogue and digital), forms of discourse (everyday conversation, text, audio-visuality, political and public discourse) and societal structures (power relations, affiliations and diversity). The focus is particularly on the use and medialities of different languages and language varieties in Europe. Aspects of intercultural communication are dealt with against the background of linguistic diversity, multilingualism and culturally varying language structures and forms of communication. With their specialised knowledge, methodological skills and in-depth language skills in at least two foreign languages, graduates of the Master's degree course have access to a wide range of professional activities. The Master's degree programme "Language - Media - Society" prepares students for communication-intensive professional fields with a European or international orientation, including media work in the European and international arena, international journalism, public relations in international institutions, NGOs, cultural institutions, university and science management, intercultural didactics, academic professions, research or doctoral studies. International double Master's degree 'Multimodality – Discourse – Media' (MuDiM) in cooperation with the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 The MuDiM is a study option of the Master "Language – Media – Society" of Viadrina and a course type of the "Master Recherche Mention Langues, Littératures et Civilisations Étrangères et Régionales" (LLCER) of the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3. The subject of the double master's degree is multimodal and media forms of discourse. This includes audiovisual media as well as linguistic-gestural communication (TEU), multimedia aspects of written and oral language use in various discourse environments (advertising, illustration, image titles) as well as the analysis of multimodal interaction in everyday language use (Paris 3). The languages of instruction are German and French (proof of knowledge must be provided). International Double Master "Intercultural Communication" (MICS) in cooperation with the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań The MICS has a special focus on issues of intercultural communication, especially with regard to the Central and Eastern European region. This focus results from an in-depth treatment of the compulsory elective module "Intercultural Communication", which can also be studied directly at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Another component of the double degree is learning of the Polish at the level of UNIcert. The "Intercultural Communication" module is conducted primarily in English in cooperation with the Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznań.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

Bachelor’s or equivalent; Proof of at least 30 ECTS credits with a relevant reference to language, communications technology or media studies (e.g. comparative linguistics, linguistics, media studies, language acquisition, communication studies); Two foreign languages at B2 level or equivalent. Please note that applying for the binational double Master's degree 'Multimodality – Discourse – Media' (MuDiM) in cooperation with the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 is only possible for the winter semester and that the double Master's degree is subject to admissions restrictions. Additional/deviating proof: Foreign language skills in English and French (at least B2 in one of the languages, at least B1 in the other); Letter of motivation and curriculum vitae

Fees

Fees (Link)

no tuition fees, only a semester contribution including semester ticket for local public transport