Digital Media & Information Studies/Sociology

Digital media and information studies combined with sociology is a combination that brings the study of society into direct engagement with the digital technologies that are transforming it. Sociology provides the analytical frameworks to understand social structures, inequalities, institutions, and change, asking how power operates, how communities form, and how collective life is organised. Digital media and information studies brings a human perspective to the digital age, examining how digital platforms, social media, data, and information systems are reshaping the ways people communicate, form identities, and participate in public life.

Together they develop a critical understanding of digital society that goes well beyond surface observation.

At the University of Glasgow this part-time programme is particularly well suited to students who want to understand the social and political dimensions of digital change at a deep level. The degree includes a year abroad, giving you the opportunity to study in a different academic and cultural environment. You will develop skills in sociological research and analysis alongside critical engagement with digital media theory, platform studies, and the political economy of information.

The combination rewards those who want to think seriously about technology as a social phenomenon rather than simply as a set of tools.

You will build strong research skills, the ability to evaluate evidence and argument critically, and the capacity to communicate complex social and digital phenomena clearly in writing and other forms.

Graduates pursue careers in research, digital communications, policy, journalism, social media management, user experience, community engagement, public relations, and the third sector. Postgraduate study in sociology, media and communications, digital humanities, or social policy is a common next step for those wanting to develop specialist expertise.