Unit name | Reading the Media |
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Unit code | MODL23020 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Ms. Domenici |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Modern Languages |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
With this content-based study of the media, students will acquire the skills and methodology to explore and make sense of the production of news reporting and comment on current affairs, culture and the media.
The course will be structured around core lectures (both thematic and country specific) and student-led seminars.
Through the analysis of current newspaper articles, films, material on the internet, television programmes and radio stations in Europe, the unit will increase students’ understanding of technical and specialised terminology, in the cultural context of a variety of European countries.
The intention is to provide the students with the necessary social and political background required for a proper understanding of the news reporting process, as well as to equip them with the necessary tools to analyse all forms of media (through the following approaches: cultural, political, economic, sociological and semiotic) in a contrastive approach. Through their presentations, students will learn to apply media theory to the analysis of a variety of media in the countries of their degree programme.
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
A mixture of lectures and presentation-based seminars (2 hours x weekly)
essay 75%, oral presentation 25%
Relevant authentic language material drawn form current affairs reporting in the press and digital media.