JOU5912 - Journalism in Context

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of ethical issues arising from journalistic practice
Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of key in journalism studies
Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of contemporary key debates in journalism, including ethical debates
Demonstrate key group presentational skills
Demonstrate understanding and of basic academic research skills
Apply this understanding to a presentation and to a researched case study

Content:

Building on knowledge and understanding of journalism history and contemporary debates and issues in journalism studied at L4 in Journalism in Society, this module examines ethical practice in more depth and detail, exploring issues such as the ethical treatment of sources, accuracy, standards and building trust with audiences in the news gathering process. Students are also helped to develop presentational skills, and introduced to basic research skills, which they are required to put into practice. The module goes on to look at important theories and concepts in journalism studies about how news is constructed and presented, and the subsequent effects on the news that audiences receive.
As part of this, the module will look at seminal studies and abstract concepts in the field, for example, primary definition, moral panics, and the propaganda model. The module will help students apply their understanding of ethics, trends and theories to the analysis of press coverage in the form of a presentation, using acquired presentational skills and techniques, and a case study, using acquired research skills and techniques.

Learning and Teaching Information:

The scheme below assumes recruitment of 60.

Lectures
Contact hours: 20
intended Group size: Full cohort

Seminars
Contact hours: 20
Intended group size: 20

Guided independent study
Hours: 160

Assessment:

001 Group presentation 1 x 10 mins (towards end sem 1) 20%
002 Report (to include logbook/diary) 1 x 1500 words end of sem 1 20%
003 Case Study 1 x 2500 words (end sem 2) 60%


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