they require a strong knowledge of literature and history as well as writing and critical analysis skills colleges offering various courses in mass communication include goldsmiths college westminster and city college sheffield in the uk northwestern university columbia university and the university of southern california in the us melbourne university griffith university and bond university in australia in france stendhal universitys school of communication and media studies is known for its foreign language culture and literature programmes the university promotes and studies international cooperation in media and information technologies the netherlands institute for advanced study in the humanities and social sciences attracts researchers from around the world to deliberate on social networking and other global movements that overcome language barriersindicative listing pratibha jain the writer is a study abroad consultant