As a Media Scientist, you will need to master following:

• manage intellectual property rights
• operate open source software
• perform background research on writing subject

More generally, a media scientist is also versed in:

• apply for research funding
• apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
• apply scientific methods
• communicate with a non-scientific audience
• communication studies
• conduct research across disciplines
• consult information sources
• copyright legislation
• demonstrate disciplinary expertise
• develop professional network with researchers and scientists
• disseminate results to the scientific community
• draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
• ethical code of conduct of journalists
• evaluate research activities
• increase the impact of science on policy and society
• interact professionally in research and professional environments
• literature
• manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
• manage open publications
• manage personal professional development
• manage research data
• media studies
• mentor individuals
• perform project management
• perform scientific research
• promote inclusion in research
• promote open innovation in research
• promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
• promote the transfer of knowledge
• publish academic research
• read books
• scientific research methodology
• speak different languages
• synthesise information
• think abstractly
• think analytically
• types of media
• write scientific publications

It also helps to know the following:

• anthropology
• develop scientific theories
• do historical research
• monitor sociological trends
• music literature
• project management
• advise on public relations
• apply blended learning
• apply desktop publishing techniques
• apply teaching strategies
• assist scientific research
• conduct public surveys
• conduct qualitative research
• conduct quantitative research
• content marketing strategy
• editorial standards
• film studies
• history
• history of literature
• interview focus groups
• interview techniques
• journalism
• literary techniques
• media law
• musical genres
• perform public relations
• press law
• sociology
• teach in academic or vocational contexts
• types of literature genres
• use presentation software
• watch video and motion picture production products
• write research proposals