Module Specification - University of Leicester...oral presentation and essay (1,500 words) designed to help them prepare for these summative assessments. Pre-Requisites Co-Requisites

Module Specification

No. Assessment Description Weight % Exam Hours Ass't Group Alt Reass't

003 Essay 2000 words 50211 Essay (Final) 50

Period: Semester 1Occurence: ECoordinator: Jack NewsingerMark Scheme: UG Pass for Credit

Academic Year: 2013/4Module Level: Year 1Scheme: UGDepartment: Media and CommunicationCredits: 20

Intended Learning OutcomesOn completion of the module students will be able to:1) Evaluate the significance of different social, cultural and industrial factors on changing patterns of film production andconsumption; 2) Discuss film style and meaning in relation to specific film texts, both orally and in written work; 3) Apply a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the cinema.

Teaching and Learning MethodsWeekly screenings, lectures and directed reading will introduce students to a range of theoretical and methodologicalapproaches to the study of film.

Assessment MethodsFormative essay; assessed essay; examination

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Excluded Combinations-

Lectures 10Seminars 10

Practical Classes & Workshops 20Tutorials

FieldworkProject Supervision

Guided Independent Study 110Demonstration

Supervised time in studio/workshopWork Based Learning

PlacementYear Abroad

Total Module Hours 150

Student Workload (hours)

MS1000 Approaches to Film Production and Consumption

Last Published: 3 August 2015



001 Essay (2500 words) 50002 Essay (Final) 50

Period: Semester 1Occurence: ECoordinator: Panayiota TsatsouMark Scheme: UG Pass for Credit


Intended Learning OutcomesBy the end of this module students should be able to:a) describe the ways the changing forms of mass media and communication have been studied historicallyb) distinguish between the contrasting academic approaches to studying the mediac) identify different approaches to studying the media as being allied to particular theoretical traditionsd) evaluate the contemporary relevance of different approaches to studying the media

Teaching and Learning MethodsThe module will follow a lecture-seminar format that entails weekly preparation, in which participants must critically assess,discuss, and comment on assigned readings. Following each lecture, the seminars will introduce the main objects, conceptsdiscussed in the assigned readings before general and critical discussion of these concepts presented in these readings. Themodule will also use Blackboard to disseminate lecture powerpoints and supplementary readings, with students encouragedto use the dicussion board to deepen their knowledge of key concepts.

Assessment MethodsAssessment will be based on one essay of 2,500 words and one examination (2 hours). Students will also prepare a formativeoral presentation and essay (1,500 words) designed to help them prepare for these summative assessments.

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LecturesSeminars

Practical Classes & WorkshopsTutorials


Guided Independent StudyDemonstration



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MS1001 Introduction to Media and Communication




001 Article Review (1500 words) 50002 Essay (2500 words) (Final) 50

Period: Semester 2Occurence: ECoordinator: Tracy SimmonsMark Scheme: UG Pass for Credit


Intended Learning OutcomesBy the end of this module students should be able to:a) describe the contemporary field of mass media and communication research in terms of the topics coveredb) distinguish between the contrasting academic approaches to studying the media in contemporary research and be aware oftheir strengths and weaknesses c) be aware and assess the strengths and weaknesses of different methodological approaches to studying contemporarymedia

Teaching and Learning MethodsThe module will follow a lecture-seminar format that entails weekly preparation, in which participants must critically assess,discuss, and comment on assigned readings. Following each lecture, the seminars will introduce the main objects, conceptsdiscussed in the assigned readings before general and critical discussion of these concepts presented in these readings. Themodule will also use Blackboard to disseminate lecture powerpoints and supplementary readings, with students encouragedto use the dicussion board to deepen their knowledge of key concepts.

Assessment MethodsAssessment will be based on one essay of 2,500 words and one book review (1,000 words).

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MS1002 Topics in Media and Communication




001 Essay 1 40 0002 Presentation 10003 Essay (Final) 50

Period: Semester 2Occurence: ECoordinator: Maria TouriMark Scheme: UG Pass for Credit


Intended Learning OutcomesOn completion of this module students will: have an understanding of international communications as a defining element ofthe contemporary world and of the social, cultural and political changes the international communications system has caused.Be familiar with a range of concepts and theories used to describe and analyse the area such as development, modernization,hybridity and dependency. Be able to apply these concepts to empirical case studies and to the effects of internationalcommunications on global developments. Be familiar with social and political theories that have played a key role in theoperation of the mass media and able to identify the various routes through which international communications can bestudied.

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures Seminars

Assessment MethodsEssay Examinations Seminar presentations

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MS1003 The Media in the International Context




001 Coursework - Assessed Essay (qualifying element) 50 0002 Assessed analysis of news item 50 0



Intended Learning OutcomesOn completion of this module, all students will be able to: • Explain the key debates and theoretical perspectives within the areas of media research that study news production. • Analyse the constraining influences (economic, ideological, professional and practical) on journalism and news production.• Critically evaluate the influence of newsgathering and delivery technologies on the practice of journalism in specific areassuch as war, crime and sport.• Assess the impact of the market logic on every aspect of news production• Critically evaluate the importance of news and journalism for democracy and public deliberation and to question whetherjournalists’ responsibility towards the public is fulfilled.

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures, Seminars, Independent study

Assessment MethodsEssay, 2000 wordsAnalysis of news item, 2000 words

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MS2000 The Production of News




216 Coursework - Assessed Essay 40217 Presentation, re-assessment by essay 15218 Essay (Final) 45

Period: Semester 2Occurence: ECoordinator: Vincent CampbellMark Scheme: UG Pass for Credit


Intended Learning OutcomesStudents will: 1. Be able to identify and map changes in the development of television forms, including television genres,formats(reality TV; talk shows; talent shows) and television series. 2. Be able to demonstrate a knowledge of the differentcategories of television audiences and audience responses, ranging from in-studio to online fan communities and theirdistinguishing features; 3. Be aware of concepts of television authorship; 4. Be able to demonstrate knowledge of the variousapproaches to analysing television programmes and forms that have been used in media scholarship and their theoreticalfoundations; 5. Be able to identify and discuss characteristics of and differences across television production and industrycontexts (e.g. public service broadcasting; commercial television; subscription-only or 'cable' television); 6. Be aware of theshifting relevance of public service broadcasting and be able to assess its significance; 7. Be aware of emerging areas/contexts of media convergence and the ways these affect the production, distribution and reception of television content; 8.Be able to read and analyse assigned and additional texts critically and reflexively. 8. Be able to present ideas critically,clearly and coherently in an academic essay and under examination conditions, including developing well-structured and well-supported arguments, and observing recognised scholarly practices of referencing and compiling a bibliography.

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures Seminars Case studies


Pre-RequisitesEssay Examinations Seminar presentations

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MS2001 The Communication of Politics




001 Essay (Final) 60002 Short reflective written exercise 25003 Interactive Presentation 15

Period: Semester 1Occurence: ECoordinator: Katie MoylanMark Scheme: UG Pass for Credit


Intended Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module, typical students should be able to: --demonstrate understanding of key theoretical and critical concepts and debates around identity formation, such asrepresentation, participation, difference, multiculturalism, ideology, and resistance;

--be able to apply the above mentioned concepts and to critically analyse the ways in which media construct identities;

--be aware of important critical/cultural debates around representation of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality and (trans-)nationality;

--be able to critically analyse the way in which media texts and images inform ideas of identity formation and to present theseanalyses both in written and oral form;

--be able to apply their understanding of the concepts and ideas to examples from their own experience;

--recognise some of the methodological and political issues raised by these approaches to the study of media texts andaudiences;

--read assigned and additional texts critically and reflexively and be able to identify useful arguments as well as problemsarising clearly, for discussion in class/seminars;

--organise their workload to present ideas critically, clearly and coherently in an academic essay and an exam, includingdeveloping well-structured and well-supported arguments, and observing recognised scholarly practices of referencing andcompiling a bibliography.

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures; seminars; independent study; interactive and reflective class and seminar discussion

Assessment MethodsEssay; interactive seminar presentation in pairs; reflective written assignment

Please note: seminar allocation of 20hrs includes an hour each week of discussion time in class in addition to set seminars

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MS2006 Media, Identity and the Popular



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MS2006 Media, Identity and the Popular




001 Article review exercise 40002 Essay (Final) 60

Period: Semester 1Occurence: ECoordinator: Galina MiazhevichMark Scheme: UG Pass for Credit


Intended Learning OutcomesStudents completing this module will have an awareness of the conceptual frameworks required for the analysis of the socialand cultural implications of new media and their various and contending theoretical underpinnings. They will have familiaritywith arguments for and against different positions in some of the academic debates about the significance of the new mediaand will be able to discuss these critically both orally and in written work with reference to particular new media forms.

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures; independent study; and seminar discussion

Assessment MethodsEssay (3000 words); written review of an academic article (1500 words)

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MS2007 New Media and the Wired World




011 Essay 40012 TV review exercise (developed in class workshop) 15013 Replacement Essay 45

Period: Semester 2Occurence: ECoordinator: Katie MoylanMark Scheme: UG Pass for Credit


Intended Learning OutcomesOn completion of this module, typical students should be able to:

Identify and map changes in the development of television forms, including television genres, formats(reality TV; talk shows;talent shows) and television series.

Demonstrate understanding of the different categories of television audiences and audience responses, ranging from in-studioto online fan communities;

Identify and discuss characteristics of and differences across television production and industry contexts (e.g. public servicebroadcasting; commercial television; subscription-only or 'cable' television);

Recognise, understand and critique the shifting relevance of public service broadcasting in current media contexts;

Understand emerging areas/contexts of convergence and the ways these impact on production, distribution and reception oftelevision content;

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures; seminar discussion; textual analysis workshop; independent study

Assessment MethodsEssay; examination; TV review exercise

Please note: seminar allocation of 18hrs includes an hour each week of discussion time in class in addition to set seminars.

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Excluded CombinationsNot available to Erasmus students.

LecturesSeminars 10

Practical Classes & WorkshopsTutorials 18



Supervised time in studio/workshop 2Work Based Learning

Placement 120Year Abroad

Total Module Hours ,150


MS2008 Television Studies: Genre, History, Theory




001 Coursework - Assessed Essay 40 0002 Presentation 20 0003 Essay (Final) 40

Period: Semester 1Occurence: ECoordinator: Anders HansenMark Scheme: UG Pass for Credit


Intended Learning OutcomesOn completion of this module, all students will be able to: Analyse and discuss the social and political role of the mass mediaas a major source of public information about health, medicine, science, technology, environmental issues and everyday risks.Identify and outline how journalistic practices, media organisational arrangements, news values, source influence, mediaformats and cultural images impinge on the communication of controversial environmental, scientific and health-relatedissues. Apply theories of news construction, media practices, media representations and media influence in investigation ofthe role of the media in the social and political management of issues of public safety, controversy and concern.

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures, Seminars

Assessment MethodsEssay, Examinations, Seminar Presentations

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MS3003 Science, Environment and Risk Communication




001 Assessed Academic Essay (Final) 50002 Assessed Project 50



Intended Learning OutcomesOn completion of this module, all students will: Have a firm understanding of the key paradigms that have shaped the studyof international communication. Be able to critically analyse these paradigms and apply them to empirical case studies ininternational communication.



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MS3004 Global Affairs: Communications, Culture and Power




001 3000 Word Essay 40002 Presentation 20003 Essay (Final) 40

Period: Semester 2Occurence: ECoordinator: Anna ClaydonMark Scheme: UG Pass for Credit


Intended Learning OutcomesOn completion of this module, all students will be able to: 1) analyse music as a critical cultural force in our everyday lives through case studies of specific music concepts;2) analyse the visual, aural and semiotic systems in creating and analysing music from different contexts;3) analyse the complex interrelationship between the production and reception of music as a mode of communication;4) use the concept of music as communication in the analysis of communication processes.

Teaching and Learning MethodsMulti-media lectures, seminars, workshops, screenings and listening (directed), directed reading, presentations (deliverable indifferent multi-media formats).

Assessment Methods1 essay (40%), 1 presentation (20% in optional formats, alternative reassessment as essay or pod/vodcast), one two daytake-away examination (40%).

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Practical Classes & Workshops 6Tutorials







MS3005 Music as Communication




001 Online Diary 50002 Assessed Essay 25003 Essay (Final) 25

Period: Semester 1Occurence: ECoordinator: Natasha WhitemanMark Scheme: UG Pass for Credit


Intended Learning OutcomesOn completion of this module, all students will be able to: 1) Analyse the key issues relating to the study of celebrity culture.2) Discuss the global influence of celebrity culture on various aspects of daily life,3) Critically assess the interest of various audience members in different types of celebrity cultureproducts.4) Create an online diary, reflecting on the role of celebrity/fandom in their own media consumption habits. 5) Demonstrate the ability to link theories of celebrity/fan cultures to media events.

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures, Seminars, Directed Reading, Independent research.

Assessment MethodsOnline Diary (created on Blackboard), Essay, Examination.

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MS3009 The Media, Celebrity and Fan Culture




001 Coursework - Assessed Essay 40 0002 Presentation 20 0003 Essay (Final) 40

Period: Semester 2Occurence: ECoordinator: Tracy SimmonsMark Scheme: UG Pass for Credit


Intended Learning OutcomesOn completion of this module, all students will: have an understanding of the technological factors which are intrinsic tocontemporary cultural processes, the role of the Internet in the changing communications environment, and the technologicalpatterns shaping state and market power in the global system. They will also have a critical understanding of the concepts of'modernization' and 'development' and of the key technological dimensions of globalization.


Assessment MethodsEssay, Examination, Seminar Presentation

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MS3010 Technology, Culture and Power: Global Perspectives




002 Coursework: Presentation and portfolio 50003 Essay (Final) 50

Period: Semester 1Occurence: ECoordinator: Helen WoodMark Scheme: UG Pass for Credit


Intended Learning OutcomesOn completion of this module, typical students will be able to: explain how the body is socially constructed; describe how thebody is a site of work and power; analyse media representations of bodies regarding the construction of norms and identities;and explain how categories of difference--such as gender, race, and class--are embodied.


Assessment MethodsExaminations Seminar presentations

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MS3013 Media and the Body




226 3000 word essay 40 0227 Presentation 20 0228 Essay (Final) 40 0

Period: Semester 1Occurence: ECoordinator: Anna ClaydonMark Scheme: UG Pass for Credit


Intended Learning OutcomesOn completion of this module, all students will be able to: 1) analyse films which represent other media forms2) locate and analyse research on cinema and its relationships with other media3) analyze films in terms of their culture, social and aesthetic significance4) present a case study analysis of a film containing the representation of another media form.

Teaching and Learning MethodsMulti-media lectures, seminars and screenings (*listed as supervised time in studio as no descriptor is appropriate forscreenings) with reading and viewing lists provided both in terms of basic reading and enhanced recommended texts. Inaddition to this, the assessment methods are designed to enhance the learning and teaching on the module through multiplepotential formats and the take-away examination will permit greater depth of analysis.

Assessment Methods1 essay (40%), 1 presentation (20% in optional formats, alternative reassessment as essay or pod/vodcast), one two daytake-away examination (40%).

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LecturesSeminars 20




Supervised time in studio/workshop 20Work Based Learning




MS3014 The Media on Film: How Film Represents Itself, Television, the Printed Press,Radio and the Internet




001 Coursework - Assessed Essay 50003 Examination 3 Hours (Final) 50 3

Period: Semester 1Occurence: ECoordinator: Lieve GiesMark Scheme: UG Pass for Credit


Intended Learning OutcomesBy the end of the module, students will have gained a basic understanding of media law and regulation. They will be able toexplain and analyse core topics including: libel and defamation, freedom of expression, privacy and confidential information,human rights, court and parliamentary reporting, racial hatred and blasphemy, obscene and indecent publications, the role ofOfcom and other regulatory bodies. Students will be able to apply legislation and case law to specific scenarios

Teaching and Learning MethodsClass format will allow for a wider variety of teaching methods to be utilised (e.g. lecture and seminar and workshop elementscould co-exist)

Assessment MethodsEssay (2500-3000 words)Exam (3 hours)Presentation (in-class or Podcast

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MS3021 Media Law




001 Essay (Final) 50002 Individual Report 50

Period: Semester 2Occurence: ECoordinator: Paul ReillyMark Scheme: UG Pass for Credit


Intended Learning OutcomesBy the end of this module all students should be able to:

1) Critically analyse the various perspectives on human adoption of technology Use examples of Internet-based activism to illustrate the three cyber paradigms

2) Critically evaluate the concepts of the Digital Divide and Global Civil Society

3) Assess the implications of electronically mediated activism for political elites in both democratic and non-democratic nation-states

4) Describe how NGOs have benefitted from new media technologies and discuss the factors that contribute towards thesuccess of their online campaigns

5) Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of alternative media activism for contemporary protest movements6) Critically analyse the control systems that regulate political activism on the Internet

7) Assess the role of new media in the protest movements that emerged in 2011 and compare it to previous forms of Internet-based activism









MS3022 Activism and Protest in the Information Age



Teaching and Learning MethodsThe course will be based on a lecture-seminar format that entails significant (mandatory) weekly preparation, in whichparticipants must critically assess, discuss, and comment on assigned readings. Following each lecture, the seminar willbegin with student presentations that are designed to introduce the main problems, concepts, and categories of the assignedreadings. The balance of class time will be devoted to a general and critical discussion of these concepts and readings. Themodule will also use Blackboard to disseminate lecture powerpoints and key readings, with students encouraged to use thedicussion board to further their understanding of key concepts.The course will be based on a lecture-seminar format thatentails significant (mandatory) weekly preparation, in which participants must critically assess, discuss, and comment onassigned readings. Following each lecture, the seminar will begin with student presentations that are designed to introducethe main problems, concepts, and categories of the assigned readings. The balance of class time will be devoted to a generaland critical discussion of these concepts and readings. The module will also use Blackboard to disseminate lecturepowerpoints and key readings, with students encouraged to use the dicussion board to further their understanding of keyconcepts.

Assessment MethodsAssessment will be based on one essay of 3,500 words and a written report in which students will design a social mediastrategy for an activist or NGO campaign (3,000 words max). Students will also prepare a formative oral presentationdesigned to help them prepare for these summative assessments.

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MS3022 Activism and Protest in the Information Age




001 Report 30002 Essay 70

Period: Semester 2Occurence: ECoordinator: Julian MatthewsMark Scheme: UG Pass for Credit


Intended Learning OutcomesBy the end of the module students should be able to:

• Demonstrate an awareness of ideas of ‘risk’, ‘panic’ and ‘fear’ and the ‘risk society’ • Identify and engage with different theoretical models of media communication in respect to the communication of publicperceptions of risk• Rehearse and critically discuss at least two major studies of risk communication and their principal findings• Engage in applied study of mediated risk and demonstrate methodological awareness.

Teaching and Learning Methods• Lectures

The module teaching methods of the weekly lectures will include:

• Giving a clear and comprehensive introduction to the issues of each theme;• Communicating the history, context and development of the relevant approaches;• Considering examples from case studies, historical and current events;• Indicating the key disagreements between scholars and perspectives and identifying issues for further study.• SeminarsThe module teaching methods of the weekly seminars will include:

• Small group-based student activities (discussing examples, problems, etc.);• Review, evaluation, and exploration of the week’s course reading material;• Class and group analysis of video clips, images, articles, practices, etc. where approrpiate;• Class and group debate of media related issues and examples

Assessment MethodsReport (30%; 1,500 words); Essay (70%; 3000 words)

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MS3024 Reporting Panics, Risks and Fears: Journalism in an Age of Anxiety


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Module Specification - University of Leicester...oral presentation and essay (1,500 words) designed to help them prepare for these summative assessments. Pre-Requisites Co-Requisites