100% portfolio containing:
• 1,000 word-processed Reflective journal (1-6)
• 3,000 word-processed essay (1-6)

This module introduces you to the analysis of TV Broadcasting history in both a contextual and textual sense. You will investigate the industrial, economic, social and creative context in which TV developed and is produced, as well as its critical and audience reception. You will review the genre development in UK broadcasting such as; factual, entertainment, news, sports, drama, events, children’s TV and ‘the soap’ and series application.
You will screen/view and review a number of TV broadcasts from the 20th century to present day as a means of understanding and contextualizing its place in society today. These will be followed by seminar debates and critical reviews of genre specific areas of TV programme making.
In addition to the lectures, screenings and debates you will participate in exercises designed to help you understand the academic rigor and referencing expected from producing a 3,000 word-processed degree level essay. Study skills will be provided in areas of Harvard referencing, essay structure, grammar, argument, layout and use of research and quotations.

Semester 1:
12 x 3 hour sessions consisting of 8 x 1 hour lectures and screenings/ 2 hour seminars.
4 x 3 hour sessions consisting of group tutorials
Semester 2:
12 x 2 hour sessions consisting of 10 x 1 hour lectures/ 1 hour seminars.
5 x 2 hour sessions consisting of individual tutorials

23% Scheduled Learning and teaching activities
77% Guided Independent study
0% Placement/study abroad

Contact/Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities
Academic Lectures / screenings TV programme material
Small group sessions (seminars, tutorials, student-led debates)
Short exercises and assignments on academic study skills

This module will be accompanied by a comprehensive study pack/and or website support.
You will be expected to take advantage of the extensive library facilities

Guided Independent Study Activities:
Independent practice from academic exercises
Independent Research
Peer group meetings – debates
Personal development planning - schedules
Blackboard participation
Independent Study in support of your project work

Thompson Library facilities - web, computer access, printing facilities.
Lynda.com / BoB
The Blackboard virtual learning environment
Flexible Learning spaces - screening and viewing facilities

Further Key text relating to the requirements of this module will be distributed in the module handbook.
The 3 key reference text for this module are:
• Abramson, A., (2007), The History of Television, 1942 to 2000, McFarland & Co.
• Crisell, A., (2006), A Study of Modern Television: thinking inside the box, Palgrave McMillan.
• Ellis, J., (2000), Seeing things: television in an age of uncertainty, I.B.Tauris.

1. APPRECIATE ANALYSE AND DEBATE THE HISTORY OF BROADCASTING IN THE UK AND ITS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
[Analysis]

2. UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMIC, INDUSTRIAL, AND CRITICAL SOCIAL ISSUES PROVOKED BY THE STUDY OF TV BROADCASTING.
[Knowledge and Understanding]

3. DEVELOP CONFIDENCE AND COMPETENCE IN DEBATING AND WRITING ABOUT ANALYTICAL ISSUES OF TV’S HISTORICAL AND COTEMPORARY CULTURE.
[Communication]

4. APPRECIATE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATES REGARDING DIFFERENT CRITICAL APPROACHES TO TV BROADCASTING BOTH AS AN INDUSTRY AND AS AN ARTFORM.
[Learning]

5. DEVELOP CONTEXTUAL SKILLS IN THE USE OF ACADEMIC LANGUAGE AND ARGUMENT WHEN PORTRAYING FACTUAL INFORMATION, A POINT OF VIEW AND OPIONS BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF TV CULTURE.
[Application]

6. DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF DESCOVERING NEW INFORMATION FOR KNOWLEDGE GAIN AND PERSOANL DEVELOPMENT.
[Enquiry]