Master of Arts

The School of Communication has an international reputation for critical scholarship on urgent social and political problems affecting contemporary societies, locally and globally. Our programs offer graduate students rigorous training in the critical foundation of communication theory, political economy, policy, the study of culture and media, and technology and data studies. We emphasize learning through direct engagement, whether through faculty-led projects, our media and soundscape laboratories, community collaborations, and participating in ongoing public seminars, public talks and annual conferences. Our graduates have gone on to successfully pursue careers in academia, government, NGOs, cultural institutions, communication industries, and the media.

Research Excellence

master of arts | academia | communication

Committed to social justice and innovative collaborations with NGOs, social movements, community groups, government, industry, cultural institutions, policy makers, artists and media producers, our programs offer graduate students the opportunity to work with faculty members who are leaders in the field.

Fall 2022 applications open in October 2021 with a deadline of January 5, 2022.

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Work with Research Excellence

Meet the faculty

Fredrik Lesage

Expertise: Cultural and creative organizations, software studies, digital infrastructure, co-creative work, new media

Karrmen Crey

Expertise: Indigenous Media (film, television etc), indigenous cultural production and representation

Daniel Ahadi

Expertise: Ethnic media, media representation, media representation of Muslims/the Middle East, multiculturalism policy, political communication

Milena Droumeva

Expertise: Soundscapes, urban design/liveability, gender and media, gender and gaming, sonification

Stuart Poyntz

Expertise: Digital media, youth, public sphere, children and media culture

What Does Our Alumni Say?

Andrew Frank, MA

Communication Consultant and Instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University

"I chose the Communication MA program because it had an excellent reputation and faculty who were leading scholars in the areas I was interested in studying. I was focused on environmental communication; and public engagement and communication around climate change in particular. The diversity of faculty means you have a good chance of finding an advisor who is working in the area you're studying.

“Studying graduate communications, and environmental communication in particular, opened the door to teaching for me at the undergraduate level which was a long-held goal, and also enhanced my knowledge, skills, and credibility as a communications consultant."

Areas of Research

Data and Technology Studies

Big Data
Cyberwars
Genomics
Philosophy of technology
Algorithmic cultures
Software Studies
Science and Technology Studies

Media and Culture

Documentary Media Studies and community-based media and art
Indigenous Media Studies
Intersectional Feminist & Queer Media Studies
Memory and Museum Studies
Asian and Middle Eastern Cultural Studies
Migration, diaspora, and critical race studies
Social Media, Gaming and Popular Culture
Sound Studies and Soundscape Research
Visual Studies and Sensory media

Political Economy

Media campaigns
Social Movements and Revolutions
Environmental Communication Studies
Emergency Communication
Critical Communication Theory
Political Communication, News Media and Journalism Studies
Labour in the Media and Communication Industries

Communication and Cultural Governance

International perspectives in Communication Governance
Communication Policy, Law and Regulation
Communication Rights
Platform Governance
Local to Global Cultural Policies

Jason Congdon

Graduate Program Coordinator
(MA and PhD)

T: 778-782-3595
E: gradcmns@sfu.ca
Room: K9669

School of Communication