LD1 (learning diary) 45% (2,000) to test learning outcomes [ 1, 2, 4, 5, 6]
GP5 (group presentation) 15% to test learning outcomes [ 1, 3, 5, 6]
CW1 (essay) 40% (1,500words) to test learning outcomes [ 1, 2, 4, 5]

This module will look at the wide variety of specific forms and practices associated with the media and its many contextual relationships to the leisure industries. This will build contextual understanding week on week, to show the involvement of the media in the production and consumption of areas such as sport, music, leisure parks, the internet, tv and cinema will be focused upon. The module will document and analyse the characteristics of these forms and practices and the ways in which many of the current discourses and ideas in the discipline of Media Studies can be applied to them. For those taking this module as a core for Media and Leisure Industries, it will complement and act as a demonstration of context, for the range of perspectives covered in the core modules Critical Thinking 1 and Critical Thinking 2.

Audio Visual DVD player, TV, Blackboard.

The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

Clarke, D (2003) The Consumption Reader, Sage
Crang, M (1998) Cultural Geography, Routledge
Hesmondhalgh, D. (2007) The Cultural Industries (2nd Ed) Sage
Stephenson (1995) Understanding Media Cultures (Sage)

Weekly 2 hour tutor-lead session will be given. These will take the form of a workshop, and will combine elements of lecture, screening, the use of audio-visual materials, group-based activities and discussion. These workshops will be complemented by weekly 1 hour seminar sessions. These will be structured to mirror the developing lecture schedule and to include set reading and structured participation, linked to assessment.
The students will be guided in their `independent learning?, through the development of strategies for self-management and self study. This guidance will be built into seminar sessions, in particular, but will also be achieved through personal tutorials and via the PDP. Independent Learning should comprise, guided reading, guided screenings and engagement with study packs (provided by tutors). Also, study groups will be set up and students encouraged to participate.