Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Lecture
Off Site
Seminar
Tutorial
Workshop
Module Offerings
7004MC-JAN-MTP
Aims
To consolidate students' evaluation of Mass Communications research across
different forms of communication and media industries
To explore public debates about the role of the media in a contemporary global
context
To consider existing and proposed media policy and professional practice especially
with regard to computer mediated communication
To enable students to critically reflect on the role that policy and regulation plays in
the ethical decision making processes of media practices
To critique the production of professional digital communication forms
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Critical assessment of policy documentation
The relationship between policy, public debate, media planning and development
Ethical decision making in media production through appropriate cases studies
Critique of textual forms in new media
Identity and community issues in new media writing
Creating, producing, and user-generated content in new media
Writing, editing and publishing for new media
Module Overview:
This module explores current debates regarding access, use and the regulation of new media in response to digitalisation. It offers you the opportunity to put this knowledge and understanding into practice through the production of different forms of media writing for computer media communication. It aims to:
This module explores current debates regarding access, use and the regulation of new media in response to digitalisation. It offers you the opportunity to put this knowledge and understanding into practice through the production of different forms of media writing for computer media communication. It aims to:
- strengthen your evaluation of Mass Communications research across different forms of communication and media industries
- explore public debates about the role of the media in a contemporary global context
- consider existing and proposed media policy and professional practice especially with regard to computer mediated communication
- enable you to critically reflect on the role that policy and regulation plays in the ethical decision making processes of media practices
- critique the production of professional digital communication forms
Additional Information:This module explores current debates regarding access, use and the regulation of new media in response to digitalisation. It offers students the opportunity to put this knowledge and understanding into practice through the production of different forms of media writing for computer media communication.
Assessments
Portfolio
Essay