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Critical Approaches to Contemporary Media (P4132)

30 credits, Level 4

Autumn teaching

This module explores current approaches to media, culture and communication. It is organised around critical questions through which you will consider how media studies address some of our biggest social issues, such as:

• the relationship between media and democracy
• how media are racialised, gendered and classed
• how media are made and consumed
• media ownership
• the politics of data and surveillance.

On the module, you’ll engage with different media forms such as news media, broadcast media (television, radio), film and video, music and sound media, as well as social media and digital media.

Through this module, you will also develop transferable study skills.

 

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 30 hours of contact time and about 270 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.