Core: transnational media and communication; democratisation, information and communication; approaches to social research; dissertation; elective modules: media information markets; developments in communications policy; media and communication theories; political communication; international communications and conflict; representation and reception; globalisation: challenges and transformations; rights, multiculturalism and citizenship; analysing media discourses; communication, culture and development; media and human rights; transnational communications and transcultural studies; current issues in sociology; theories in race and ethnicity; issues in media and communication research ;global migration; governments and civil society in global politics.