In the first part of the programme students complete a number of papers related to English and new media, as well as a paper on research methods to prepare you for research thesis, which is the heart of the programme. 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 memes Social media and (virtual) identity Intercultural communication and new media Social media, communication and creativity

One of the following or equivalent with a B grade average or higher in papers at level 7 or above: relevant bachelor’s degree or relevant graduate diploma; Proof of English proficiency