Module Information
Course Delivery
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Essay (2500 words) | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | Essay (2500 words) | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Essay (2500 words) - (to a new title) | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Essay (2500 words) - (to a new title) | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of the different roles that organisations, institutions and individuals play in forming and implementing media policy
Understand, analyse and evaluate critically the development of contemporary UK media policy
Locate UK media policy debates within a wider, global context
Brief description
This module examines how media policy addresses questions of ownership, dissemination and content regulation in the UK (although some comparison will be made with Europe and elsewhere). It examines the policies and frameworks of state and media institutions, and examines how technological changes are changing the scope and nature of media policy. The module also provides an insight into aspects of policing and regulating the media, questions of power, citizenship and pluralism.
Content
The press and the State
Broadcasting and the state
Censorship of the media
The media and the devolved administration in the UK
Economic regulation
Content regulation
Ownership of the media
Globalisation and the media
Media audiences - consumers or citizens?
Contemporary debates
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | Not developed or assessed in this module |
| Communication | This will be developed in seminar discussions (oral) and in essays (written) with the latter being assessed. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Students will be encouraged, through formal feedback on written assignments and in contact with tutors, to reflect on their own learning and academic performance. |
| Information Technology | Students will be expected to utilize web resources as part of their research for seminars and essays and will be expected to submit essays in word-processed format |
| Personal Development and Career planning | This will not be central to the skills developed in the module although the work will enable students to develop an understanding of their abilities and aptitudes in relation to their study of contemporary media policy and potentially with regard to future research and employment opportunities |
| Problem solving | Students will be required to address problems on a weekly basis in seminars, thus their problem-solving skills will be developed. Essays will also give students an opportunity to address problems relating to contemporary media policy issues and these will be assessed. |
| Research skills | Students will be required to undertake research for seminar classes and for the two written assignments. |
| Subject Specific Skills | Critical awareness of contemporary media debates |
| Team work | This will be developed in the seminars where students will be asked to work on a particular issue or reading in small groups. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5