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Subject Overview

Media and Screen Studies primes you to think critically and creatively about media – from cinema and TV to popular music, comics, videogames and social networking sites. In our courses, students engage with media as cultural forms and means of expression, developing analytical thinking alongside practical storytelling skills.
You can study genres like horror, action, drama and documentary alongside vital issues like gender, race and environmental justice. In a world filled with screens large and small, it’s more important than ever to understand media’s narratives, images, industries and social impact.

Knowledge and Skills

You can pursue PhD research in areas such as:

  • Film studies
  • Documentary studies
  • Feminist film theory
  • Experimental film and the avant garde
  • Social media
  • Digital media
  • Sports and media
  • Television journalism
  • Hollywood film
  • South Asian popular culture
  • Pacific moving imagery
  • Film, television and cultural theory
  • New Zealand cinema
  • Chinese cinema
  • South Asian film
  • Diaspora media

Solid PhD research proposals in other areas may also be considered.

Potential Careers

Our graduates have careers in film and television production and distribution, advertising, broadcasting, marketing, public relations, curating, archiving, editing, publishing, journalism and reviewing.

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