Digital Media & Information Studies/English Language

Digital media and information studies combined with English language is a degree that connects two disciplines concerned with how humans create, transmit, and interpret meaning through language and digital systems. Digital media and information studies examines the creation, use, and impact of digital content and information across the arts, humanities, and society, bringing a humanistic perspective to questions about data, algorithms, digital culture, and the transformation of how we communicate and know. English language brings the scientific and critical study of language itself, examining its structures, functions, history, and social dimensions.

At the University of Glasgow, this four-year, full-time programme develops your ability to think critically about the digital age from both a media and a linguistic perspective. In digital media and information studies you will explore how digital technologies reshape cultural production, information architecture, and human interaction, developing analytical tools for understanding phenomena as varied as social media, search engines, digital archives, and online communities. In English language you will study how language works as a system and as a social phenomenon, building skills in linguistic analysis alongside a critical understanding of how language varies and changes.

The programme includes a year abroad, giving you an international perspective on both disciplines.

Graduates from this combination work in digital communications, content strategy, user experience, publishing, journalism, the technology sector, language services, and education. The combination of digital media literacy with English language expertise is particularly relevant to roles in digital content, natural language processing, and the design of information systems that need to serve diverse linguistic communities. Many graduates go on to postgraduate study in digital humanities, linguistics, information studies, or related fields.