Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Online
Module Offerings
7501UNICAF-SEP-PAR
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
Learning Outcomes
1.
Produce recommendations as part of an appraisal of existing media policy
2.
Explore and hypothesize the future development of media regulation and professional practice
3.
Critically reflect on their production of forms of contemporary digital writing and professional media practice more generally
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
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.