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| Two 2,000-word essays (50% each) |
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| Module Overview |
Module Objectives:
· To examine the social, cultural, political and economic contexts of contemporary journalism practices
· To assess and analyse styles of journalism produced for particular markets
· To evaluate current debates in journalism studies concerning the ethics of reporting, regulation, and the ideological role of the news media
· To consider the implications of digital broadcasting and of the application of new Technology
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| Module Aims |
Module Objectives:
· To examine the social, cultural, political and economic contexts of contemporary journalism practices
· To assess and analyse styles of journalism produced for particular markets
· To evaluate current debates in journalism studies concerning the ethics of reporting, regulation, and the ideological role of the news media
· To consider the implications of digital broadcasting and of the application of new Technology
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On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
- Understand current issues and debates in the sociology of journalism
- Understand the applications and implications of new technology for journalism
- Apply critical perspectives to analyse examples of contemporary journalism from a range of different media
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Week 1: What are journalists for? What is journalism?
Week 2: Journalism and its relationship with marketing, PR and advertising
Week 3: Journalism and relationship with the state
Week 4: Journalism and the market; control, censorship; commercial considerations
Week 5: Characteristics of the print media
Week 6: The tabloids, the broadsheets and the concept of tabloidisation: the development of the
newspaper, and the quality/popular division
Week 7: Characteristics of the broadcast media
Week 8: The role of new media
Week 9: What is news? How is it constructed and selected?
Week 10: Bias, objectivity and ideology
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
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This course will be taught through lectures addressing areas of theory, practical workshop sessions,
seminar discussions and video screenings
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
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Boyd-Barrett, O. and Newbold, C. (eds) (1996) Approaches to Media: A Reader.
Arnold
Curran, J. and Gurevitch, M. (eds) (2005) Mass Media and Society, (4th edition)
Arnold
Welsh, T et al (eds) (2007) McNae’s Essential Law for Journalists (19th edition)
Oxford
UP
McQuail, D. (2005) Mass Communication Theory, (5th edition). Sage
McQuail, D. and Sinue, K. (1998) Media Policy: Convergence, Concentration and Commerce. Sage
Quinn, F (2007) Law for Journalists. Longman
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| Last Updated |
| September 2010 |
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