Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
6118MEDCUL-SEP-MTP
Aims
1. To critically engage with the key political and historic factors underpinning the Union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
2. To develop an understanding of the role played by the national media in British political life.
3. To develop an overview of the relationships between Britain and the European Union and the approach of the British media to the EU.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Assess the key debates surrounding the past and future of the Union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
2.
Critically explain how the media played a role in Britain’s approach to the European Union and Brexit.
3.
To develop a critical understanding of historic and emerging political traditions in Britain and Northern Ireland.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The Acts of Union; Political Economy of the British Media: National and regional pictures; Britain, the British media and the EU; Devolution and Britain; The British Media & Northern Ireland; Scottish Independence and the Media;
Britain and Brexit; Brexit & the Media: National and International Perspectives.
Module Overview:
This module highlights the relationships between politicians and the media and the role of the media as a primary space for political agenda setting. The module will look at the political structures in Britain, including what devolution has meant for people in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It will encourage you to engage closely with the political economy of the news media in Britain and the role that it plays in political communication. It will address the historically often jingoistic and patriotic nature of the English-based national news media and how that led to the grotesque caricatures of other nationalities and identities from the 19th century onwards. This ultimately led to the Euro-sceptic tradition in British newspapers which developed from the 1980s, just a decade after Britain had entered Europe, to the heated media and public debates leading up to Britain’s exit from the European Union following the Brexit referendum of 2016.
This module highlights the relationships between politicians and the media and the role of the media as a primary space for political agenda setting. The module will look at the political structures in Britain, including what devolution has meant for people in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It will encourage you to engage closely with the political economy of the news media in Britain and the role that it plays in political communication. It will address the historically often jingoistic and patriotic nature of the English-based national news media and how that led to the grotesque caricatures of other nationalities and identities from the 19th century onwards. This ultimately led to the Euro-sceptic tradition in British newspapers which developed from the 1980s, just a decade after Britain had entered Europe, to the heated media and public debates leading up to Britain’s exit from the European Union following the Brexit referendum of 2016.
Additional Information:It is a module that highlights the symbiotic relationships between politicians and the media and how the media is primary space for political agenda setting. It will encourage students to engage closely with the political economy of the news media in Britain and the role that it plays in political communication.
Assessments
Report
Essay