From: Peter Webb [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 06 July 2010 09:15
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Cc: Peter Webb
Subject: NewMA at Goldsmiths College - MA GLobal Networks and Society

Hi all,

Just to inform people and any potential MA students of a new course that I am running at Goldsmiths College London starting this coming October. Applications are still welcome until the end of August. The MA description is as follows and there is a link to the College webpage at the bottom:

Building on our reputation as one of the top departments in the country, the Department of Sociology is proud to offer this cutting-edge MA programme to cast a distinctive, critical eye over one the principal threads of contemporary society.

Globalisation has created a world increasingly linked by networks and communications channels that cross cultural, linguistic and national boundaries. Although embedded in much of contemporary society, such networks and the technology that enables them pose a range of challenges for the economic, political, social and private spheres. Unique in the UK, this programme provides a state of the art suite of modules that engage you in examining these networks and technologies, and takes a critical sociological perspective of their implications for business, markets, cultures, politics and society.

 The key aims of the programme are:

    * To enable you to critically assess the role and impact of global networks and technologies on the social, cultural, political and economic spheres of 21st century society;
    * To inspire cutting-edge, student-led research into both the challenges and potential of networks, networking and global communications for societal progress;
    * To train a new generation of young professionals with the skills and knowledge to integrate a sociological understanding of networks and technologies into a range of policy and business sectors;
    * To infuse students with the analytical, critical thinking and research skills of the RAE top-rated Sociology Department.

http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-global-networks-society/#d.en.20962

Regards,

Dr Peter Webb

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