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Course Description
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Course Name
Media Now: Texts, Practices and Events
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Host University
Kingston University
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Location
London, England
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Area of Study
Media Studies
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Course Level Recommendations
Lower
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Credits
4 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits4
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units0
Hours & Credits
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Overview
Course Content:
This module enables students to gain an understanding of the ways in which media texts
are constructed and grounded in their social and cultural contexts. Students will develop
and understanding of how media texts materialise in diverse media practices, which are
subsequently staged and portrayed as 'media events'.The module is organised in two major blocks focused of:
1) the definition of media texts and the analysis of media practices in the representation
of everyday life, cultural identities and social formations.
2) the definition and analysis of media events within the framework of media spectacles,
moral panics, media scandals and media campaigns.Summary of autumn semester content:
? Reading image representations
? Framing media events
? Celebrity Culture
? Participatory Culture
? Ceremonial Events
? Sound Events
? Media as a Spectacle
? Advertising EventsTeaching: Lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials
Assessment:
STUDY OPTION 1:
? 1000 word blog entry (40%): students will be required to develop a series of blog
posts in response to seminar readings, tasks and activities related to the analysis
of media texts. Students will the select one blog entry for formal assessment
? 2000 word analysis of a current media event (60%)
STUDY OPTION 2: Portfolio
STUDY OPTION 3: PortfolioStudy Option 1 = Whole Year
Study Option 2 = Autumn
Study Option 3 = Spring/summer
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