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McMaster's M.A. in Communication & New Media offers students the opportunity to study communications and media research at the graduate level.

Hamilton, Ontario
Joined September 2015
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If you’re a grad student interested in sharing your research with a broader audience, join us on May 9 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm on Zoom for a two-hour writing workshop to develop your idea(s) into an op-ed! This workshop will be led by Eva-Lynn Jagoe, author and Professor at UofT! – at Hamilton, Ontario
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In this workshop, you’ll learn more about how to write persuasively, frame an argument, and share your ideas for broader publics. At the end of the two hours, you will leave with a draft of an essay that you can pitch to non-academic outlets! 📝
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If you have any questions or accessibility needs, contact [email protected] with the subject line “May 9.” ASL interpretation can be provided with two weeks’ notice. Auto-captions will be enabled for this event.    Register: tinyurl.com/WritingForPublic – at Hamilton, Ontario
Welcome to International Communication! Dr. Dilyana Mincheva, the professor for this class, leads us to critically think about Muslim representation in cinema and in activism. This is an elective course offered in the Communication and New Media Masters’ programme.
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It explores Islamic activism in the diaspora, North Africa, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Afghanistan. Dr. Mincheva prompts interesting and innovative thoughts about intersecting Muslim identities and Islamic feminism.
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This week we were joined by prospective MA students who attended the class to get a taste of an exciting course
Welcome to Critical Approaches in Communication Policy and Law in the Communication & New Media Program! This course provides an introduction to Canadian communication policy and law, focusing on critical political economy, feminist, critical race theory & post colonial theory!🇨🇦 – at Hamilton, Ontario
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Dr. Sara Bannerman enjoys teaching the course and supporting students. “My favourite thing about the class is the opportunities to discuss many of the major law and policy reforms going on right now relating to privacy, broadcasting, and platform regulation!” 👏🏼 #mcmaster #law
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MA and PhD students complete seminar and discussion presentations, weekly prepatory reading reflections and a final paper at the end of the semester! #mcmaster #communication #policy #broadcasting #university #education #mac #newmedia #graduate #gradschool #community #class – at Hamilton, Ontario
Welcome Josh, his research interests reside in counter-cultural spaces and the ways those spaces may be co-opted by power. His current research focuses on how alienated individuals on the internet are co-opted into a masculine rhetoric of new patriotism #McMaster – at Hamilton, Ontario
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Welcome to Alternative media forms in Africa, an elective course offered in the MA Program in Communication and New Media. This course critically considers the meanings of 'alternative media forms' in the context of new media technologies!
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This course examines alternative media forms that prioritise the rights, voices and quotidian experiences of people who have been marginalized in mainstream media at different historical moments in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and Ghana.
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The course is taught by Professor Selina Mudavanhu!
Welcome to the Cultural Production and The Environment course, offered by the Communication and New Media Graduate Program! This course navigates the cross-sections of philosophical and theoretical ecology, materiality and interrelationships with the "more-than-human" realm!☀️ – at Hamilton, Ontario
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Students also have the opportunity to develop a creative project guided by class discussions and readings. Artist, researcher and professor Chris Myhr says the class has influenced his own worldview! 🌿 #hamilton #mcmaster #university #art #nature #gradschool #grad #communicate
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"The course has had a very real impact on my work as an artist," says Myhr. "Teaching the class is a real privilege, and the work that has come from this class continues to surprise and impress." Promotional information about the final exhibition in April is coming soon!🎉 – at Hamilton, Ontario
Wondering how to spend your reading week, McMaster? The CNM graduate students have you covered! Take some time to relax, you deserve it! 🤗 #readingweek #mcmaster #gradstudent #communication #gradtips #university #hamilton – at Hamilton, Ontario
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Meet Sinmi! Her research interests are Nigerian feminism, African feminism, and womanism. Not to mention she loves reading literature and crafting! #CSMA #MCMASTER – at Hamilton, Ontario
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Meet Jordan, one of our new MA students! His research interests are fictional races, ludology, ideology, and video game rhetoric. His passions include digital visual art and competitive video games in a digital space! #CSMA #McMaster
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Welcoming Kyle to the MA Cohort, his research interests lie in critical accessibility studies, digital cultural production, and emerging digital platforms. He loves art galleries and a good burger! #CSMA #McMaster
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