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Universities New Zealand Auckland University of Technology Courses Master English and New Media Studies

Master English and New Media Studies
at Auckland University of Technology

Auckland, New Zealand

Tuition Fee NZ$ 34,400
Country Rank-
Duration18 Months
Score IELTS: 6.5 TOEFL: 90

Program Overview

In the Master of English and New Media Studies you explore the increasingly important nexus between new media and spoken, written or visual communication in English. The programme culminates in a one or two-semester research project of an experimental, theoretical, creative or practice-based nature.

Your research project could involve the development of game or transmedia narratives. It could investigate social media or other forms of web communication - including internet memes and fake news - for issues of power and identity, or to identify emerging language trends. It might also examine the use and impact of virtual or augmented reality for language learning and teaching.

Course Content
You need to complete 60 points of courses if you want to do the 120 point thesis. You need to complete 120 points of courses if you want to do the 60-point dissertation. The core course English and New Media Research Methods is compulsory.

Areas covered include:
- Game narrative and interactive storytelling
- Multiplatform transmedia narratives
- Web communication
- Corpus, multimodal and critical discourse analysis of new and social media
- Text mining and analytics
- Virtual reality, new media and language education
- Internet phenomena, e.g. memes, netspeak, fake news
- Social media and (virtual) identity
- Intercultural communication and new media
- Social media, communication and creativity
Entry Requirement
Minimum entry requirements
One of the following or equivalent with a B grade average or higher in courses at level 7 or above:
- Relevant bachelor’s degree OR
- Relevant graduate diploma
Fees & Scholarships
International
$35,334 (for 120 points)
($34,400 tuition fees + $934 student services levy)
Career Prospect
- New and social media research
- Language and literacy education
- Online journalism
- Public relations
- New and social media practice
- Translation and interpreting
- Advertising
- The arts and cultural industries
- Travel and tourism
- Content development for virtual and augmented realities

Cost Of Studying At Auckland University of Technology

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

Loans Sanctioned

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Master English and New Media Studies at Auckland University of Technology