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LJMU Partner Taught

Learning Methods

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Seminar

Module Offerings

6517ISTMCC-JAN-PAR

Aims

1. To examine the ways in which music is originated, realised and distributed and the extent to which these processes have changed and contribute to change. 2. To enable students to debate the ways in which creative and cultural values are experienced and understood within popular culture. 3. To develop an understanding of the material conditions, especially media forms, for the consumption of music and the cultural contexts in which people appropriately, use and make sense of it.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Critically discuss theories on mediation and examine their relevance to popular culture.
2.
Apply key theoretical concepts to a variety of case studies.
3.
Evaluate how formats and industrial contexts can influence the meanings of popular cultural texts.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Theories of mediation; Examining technological determinism; Format radio; Music on British television; Music on film; Music documentary; Music Press; MTV; YouTube and digital consumption; Music, mediation, social contexts and interpersonal relationships; Reality TV talent shows.
Additional Information:This module critically engages with the notion of mediation, examining mediation theory and connecting it with various case studies.

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