IF3065 - Media Theory and Practice (2019/20)
| Module specification | Module approved to run in 2019/20 | ||||||||||||
| Module status | DELETED (This module is no longer running) | ||||||||||||
| Module title | Media Theory and Practice | ||||||||||||
| Module level | Foundation (03) | ||||||||||||
| Credit rating for module | 15 | ||||||||||||
| School | School of Social Professions | ||||||||||||
| Total study hours | 150 | ||||||||||||
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| Running in 2019/20(Please note that module timeslots are subject to change) | No instances running in the year |
Module summary
This module examines media and culture in both a theoretical and practical way. It familiarises students with theories of culture and communication, media institutions and ideas around identity and representation. It does this within both a national and global context. The practical aspect of this module enables students to extend the theoretical content of the course in a creative and personal way. Students will thus apply ideas from a variety of media disciplines to the contemporary digital world.
Module aims
The attributes focused on in this module are:
• To introduce students to theories of media communications and culture
• To expose students to the development of media institutions in a national and global context
• To discuss concepts of identity and representation and its relationship to the formation of media audiences
• To integrate the conceptual and theoretical aspects of the course in a practical, project-based work, which extends the student’s knowledge of media in the contemporary digital world.
Syllabus
The first part of the module will focus on key critical and theoretical debates in mass communications.
The second part of the course will focus on practical project-based work.
Learning and teaching
Teaching methods include formal lectures, seminar discussion, screenings, tutorials and project-based workshops. Students are expected to attend lectures and seminars, participate in discussions.
In addition to guided reading, students are expected to read and use variety of sources -primary and secondary, and use seminars and tutorials to raise issues, questions and seek feedback from the tutor. They are expected to engage in practical work both within the workshop periods and in their own personal time.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
• Have an understanding of the key features of media communications and culture;
• Have an understanding of applying theoretical issues to case studies within media and communications industries;
• Be able to write critically about debates in contemporary media communications;
• Have produced a relevant piece of practical work which engages critical media debates in a creative way within a digital context
Assessment strategy
This is a foundation level module with assessment tools appropriate to this level. Through the critical report, the students will be provided with the opportunity to demonstrate learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3.
In the practical, project-based work, the students will have the opportunity to demonstrate learning outcomes 1 and 4.
Students may pass on aggregate.
Bibliography
• Gill Branston G & Stafford R(2010) The Media Student’s Book 5th Edition London, Routledge,
• Briggs, A & Burke, P (2009) A Social History of the Media (3rd edition), Polity Press
Castells, M (2012) Networks of outrage and hope : social movements in the Internet age, Polity Press
• Curran J (2010) Power Without Responsibility (7th edition) Routledge
• Hodkinson, Paul (2011) Media, Culture and Society – An Introduction, London: Sage
• Fiske J (2011), Introduction to Communication Studies (3rd Edition), Routledge
• McQuail, D (2010) McQuail’s Mass Communications Theory (6th edition), London: Sage.