MA/MS in Medienwissenschaft

This research-oriented master's programme examines how media shape culture, how films tell stories and why they move audiences, and what role films, series, streaming services and social media play in how people perceive the world. The programme combines basic and applied research with reflection on artistic practice, and offers varied perspectives on media as cultural, aesthetic, social and historical phenomena. Classic audiovisual media and digital media cultures are both studied, including media products, their conditions of production, ways of use and their social, political and economic setting. Approaches range from film and media theory through media aesthetics and history to reception and usage research. It is one of three academic programmes at the university, alongside the bachelor's in digital media culture and the master's in film heritage.