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“Contemporary culture is screen culture, and it has become nearly impossible to separate our relationship with the screen from our sense of what it is to be alive” Stephen Monteiro, The Screen Media Reader 

We look at screens, but we also touch them – tapping, tilting and swiping to acquire a diverse range of information. So much of our daily experience is screened, yet we rarely stop to think about the impact and implications of this.

Through the Master´s programme Screen Cultures you will study how screens – and our interaction with them – affect our experience and understanding of the world.

All kinds of screens:

We are not only interested in our ubiquitous smartphone screens, but all kinds of screens, including the cinema, television, and computer screens, and the genres that have developed with them, such as films, series, games and social media. We live screen lives in a screen world. Our aim at Screen Cultures is to understand what our everyday interaction with screens implies for ourselves, the cultures we take part in, and the societies that house these cultures.

As a Screen Cultures Master´s student, you will become screen literate. That means you will develop as a scholar and critic of our screen lives, exploring the psychological, cultural, social, political, technological and economic consequences of living with, in, and through screens. Through in-depth and interdisciplinary studies, we want to challenge and ultimately change the way we view screens – encouraging you, our students, to participate in this endeavour.

Analyse technological cultures:

Screen Cultures students are immersed in cutting-edge research in all fields central to screen studies, and are given the opportunity to attain a high level of expertise analysing the technological cultures that pervade our professional and private lives.

You will learn from – and collaborate with ­– researchers who specialise in diverse aspects of screen culture. Former students who have been mentored by members of the Screen Cultures staff currently hold distinguished positions within the arts and cultural sector, as well as the information sector.

Interdisciplinary studies:

Screen Cultures is an innovative, interdisciplinary Master of Arts programme that combines insights from several academic fields from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, such as cultural studies, media and communication studies, art history, anthropology, politics and psychology. We offer our students systematic ways of analysing, interpreting and reflecting upon cultures of ‘screenification’.

Throughout the programme you will develop and refine your abilities to respond to screen cultures in positive, creative, socially productive and ethically sustainable ways. We welcome students who wish to exercise and expand their own interests in screens, have a keen critical eye and an acute sense of social responsibility. 

Combining research and teaching:

The Master’s programme is closely connected with the research initiatives of our core staff and network partners. We combine research and teaching through ‘teaching-driven research’ – that is, research which grows out of course, seminar and project work. Since students are involved in the teaching, they have the possibility to become involved in the research, too.