Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
6104MEDCUL-SEP-MTP
Aims
1. To critically examine media policies, paying attention to the contextual factors that influenced their development.
2. To reflect on the role that policy and regulation plays in the ethical decision making processes of media practitioners.
3. To engage with key debates regarding media regulation and law in order to understand the perspectives of different stakeholders.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Analyse media policy documentation, contextualising this material in relation to wider policy issues.
2.
Identify and assess the role of key stakeholders involved in media policy and regulation.
3.
Assess different ethical perspectives when examining policy issues, selecting and evaluating relevant case studies that highlight such issues.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Critical political economy approaches to media regulation; analysing media policy discourse; aspects of media law; media ethics; social and digital media policy; media and journalistic ethics; contemporary regulatory case studies.
Module Overview:
The module explores historical shifts in the ethics of media production and consumption in the light of changes in policy and regulation, new technologies and changes in media ownership and communication. It highlights how an appreciation of regulatory and legal contexts can enable us to gain insights into complex contemporary debates regarding issues such as the distribution of offensive media content, unethical journalistic practice, and the balance between freedom of speech and the protection of privacy.
The module explores historical shifts in the ethics of media production and consumption in the light of changes in policy and regulation, new technologies and changes in media ownership and communication. It highlights how an appreciation of regulatory and legal contexts can enable us to gain insights into complex contemporary debates regarding issues such as the distribution of offensive media content, unethical journalistic practice, and the balance between freedom of speech and the protection of privacy.
Additional Information:This module will ask students to work with media policy documents and to explore the media and political debates underpinning policy formulation.