Help shape the future of communication—and the role emerging media platforms play in everyday life. More mediated content has been made during your life than in human history. Navigate this new age of media with research, insights and stories that touch politics, health, psychology, relationships and more.

  • No GRE required
  • Merit scholarships awarded to 80% of students as part of admission process
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Flexible Emerging Media Degree Career Outcomes

This emerging media degree sits at the intersection of technology and human behavior. Pair your interests with a foundation in big data, network analysis and media psychology and effects. Example career outcomes: Senior User Experience Researcher, Google; Director of Digital Media, PYMNTS; Manager Social Media Strategy, New England Aquarium; PhD, Organizational Communication and Technology, The University of Texas at Austin; Senior Producer, Active Theory; Web Marketing Manager, Ferrari; Senior Program Manager, Marketing Strategy & Operations: Brand, Fidelity Investments.

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From AI Ethics to Wizarding Rights

Faculty of the MA in Emerging Media Studies are passionate people who make an impact on everything from robot rights and responsibilities to the complex dynamics of public discourse on Twitter/X about transgender rights in the wizarding world of the Hogwarts Legacy video game.