Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

LJMU Partner Taught

Learning Methods

Lecture
Workshop

Module Offerings

5515WESTMC-JAN-PAR

Aims

1. To critically evaluate professional and scholarly accounts of the development of popular journalism. 2. To examine approaches to research in professional journalistic practice. 3. To introduce students to basic writing skills in journalistic genres appropriate to print and online journalism.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Offer a critical and theoretically informed evaluation of a given aspect of popular journalism.
2.
Demonstrate appropriate research skills for journalistic practice.
3.
Write in a variety of journalistic styles and demonstrate an understanding of the contexts of production and consumption inherent in journalistic practice.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Writing about music journalism - issues and debates; The music press; Analysing reviews; Digital Writing and blogs; Ethics and regulation; Feature writing; Field research.

Assessments

Essay
Portfolio