Media and filmIntroduction to Media Studies 1ACourse code: P4006 This course introduces the study of media forms, texts and systems together with their contribution to social life. It begins to explore the breadth of media studies through giving attention to the ways in which media matter. In what ways, and how significant are the media in the formation of individual identities and in the practices of everyday life? In the more public world, to what extent are media key to providing knowledge and enabling the debate necessary to the practices of democracy? The course enables you to build on your own experiences of media as consumers and users. But it also encourages critical attention to how the field of media studies has historically been forged: through argument and contestation between different academic approaches and disciplines. The course ranges across media and genres, engaging with both contemporary and historical material. Topics may include: audience pleasure and identity; representations and power; development of different broadcasting systems; and the social impact of the rise of digital media. |
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Teaching dates 2008-2009Mayterm |
Teaching dates 2009-2010International Summer School |