Please see here for the breakdown of media majors studying in the UK.

The media major is very developed in Britain, and there are many colleges and universities offering this major with extraordinary strength. Here is a detailed introduction to the classification of media majors and the recommendation of excellent institutions for you.

British media professional classification

1. News &; Practical major

British journalism is divided into three categories according to its nature:

paper media

Radio and TV news

netnews

Journalism society learns some theoretical knowledge. In addition, the course also includes many practices, such as news writing and news reporting. Sometimes students are also required to learn professional knowledge such as language and literature, information transmission and social language institutions, behavioral science between people or between people and organizations.

Therefore, this major requires the applicant to have a bachelor's degree background, and the applicant's English listening and speaking ability is also very high.

In addition to journalism, there is also a kind of practical major that requires applicants' background and strict requirements for students' background.

For example, film and television production majors and photography majors generally require students to have their own film and television production collections; Recording and broadcasting majors generally require students to have relevant experience.

2. Communication major

Communication majors mainly study communication and other aspects.

Some focus on the theoretical direction of communication, such as mass communication, international communication and international political communication.

From a practical point of view, communication has two branches: public relations and advertising.

advertisement

Advertising is a very mysterious major. Many students think that advertising students must be born creative geniuses, but this is only part of it! The advertising industry does value creative talents, but the knowledge of advertising planning and advertising strategy is also crucial. Leeds University and Southampton University are famous advertising majors in Britain.

public relations

In fact, the public relations industry is very tall. Their main services are consulting and activity planning. There are not many public relations majors in Britain. Universities offering this major mainly include Leeds University, Leicester University, Newcastle University and Cardiff University.

3. Media major

Media majors study the history of media development, the present situation of media industry and the evolution of media forms. This kind of major is theoretical.

Submajors include: media management, global media, digital media, media business, social media, new media, etc. Different universities have different media majors.

Media majors generally have no special requirements for students' background, so media direction is a good choice for most students who want to apply for media across majors.

Excellent university recommendation

University of westminster.

University of westminster, founded in 1838, is located at 309 Regent Street, a prosperous part of London. It is one of the top ten journalism and communication schools in the world. Wei Min's media major is generally biased towards mass media, with theoretical courses, such as communication, media and development, media management, social media, global media and public relations. In the last two years, there are new practical majors-communication design (new media) and interactive media practice. Among them, the communication design major needs to provide a portfolio when applying. Weimin's IELTS requirements have always been very high, and most majors need 7 points.

Wei Min and China also have close ties with the media industry. Every year, many senior media people from CCTV go to Wei Min for further study, and cooperate with Communication University of China.

Goldsmith (University of London)

Kingsmith College, founded in 189 1, is located in London and ranks among the top three in the UK in terms of communication and media. The research intensity of the School of Communication and Media ranks first in the UK. The major of this school spans a large span, including media and communication, news and broadcasting, digital media, film production, TV news and political communication, which basically covers all directions of media major.

The IELTS score of the news-related major in this school is 7, the total score of other majors is 6.5, and the single subject is not less than 6.0. If compared with domestic schools, the status and admission difficulty of this school in Britain can be comparable to that of Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts in China.

Kingston University, London.

Kingston University, founded in 1899, is located in London. The majors in this school are mainly divided into three categories: film, news and creative industries and creative economy. Like king smith, Kingston's journalism major has higher requirements for IELTS, with a basic score of 7. The total score of the basic requirements of other majors is 6.5, and the single subject is not less than 6.0.

Employment direction

News media (traditional news, online news, news photography): you can enter all large and medium-sized newspapers and news publishing houses, you can also engage in news of radio and television media, and you can also enter advertising, public relations, publishing and other fields.

Marketing advertising media (advertising, marketing, cultural policy, cultural research): you can enter both government departments and private enterprises to engage in consumer marketing, sales, brand manager, advertising design, advertising execution, marketing consulting and other work.

Mass media (mass media, public relations): you can become a professional public relations staff, working in enterprises, governments, communities, educational institutions, hotels, medical and welfare institutions, cultural exchange organizations and other industries.

Media publishing (media products, movies and media studies): You will have professional creativity and skills. Your occupation includes photography, self, digital self, sound processing, interactive game design, CD-ROM media production, network design and so on.

Creative performance (creative writing, performing arts, theater arts): You will have professional creative talents and skills, and your occupation includes creative director, artistic director, director, script writing, photography, and me.