The programme will be delivered primarily through lectures and supporting tutorials. A programme of ten lectures will be supported by up to twelve hours of tutorials. In addition, 128 hours are to be used in self-directed study assisted by a detailed module booklet and comprehensive reading lists. This time should be used for reading around topics raised in the programme and specifically to enable progression of tutorial discussions. Self-directed study will include preparation for an essay.

Library - where you will find relevant textbooks, periodicals, and audio-visual materials.

Internet - where you will find numerous relevant websites.

S. Carruthers, The Media at War: Communication and Conflict in the Twentieth Century, Macmillan, 2000.
B. MacGregor, Live, Direct, and Biased?: Making Television News in the Satellite Age, Arnold, 1997.
L. Minnear and T. Weiss, Mercy Under Fire: War and the Global Humanitarian Community, Westview Press, 1995.

The essay will provide the opportunity to demonstrate all five learning outcomes through a focused question that in each case will require knowledge of the broader context of conflict and journalism. The essay will require you to demonstrate the reading of relevant texts and the use of other appropriate materials to develop an analysis of the relevant issue. The essay will also require you to write clearly and analytically about the issues raised in the essay question relevant to a case study of journalism and conflict.

A pass is awarded only when all of the assessment is complete and the work meets the learning objectives of the module.

A merit performance in the module will be indicated by an exemplary performance in meeting the learning objectives of the module.

A distinction performance in the module will be indicated by excellence in meeting the learning objectives of the module.

This module will explore the ways in which media coverage affects the conduct of war and other conflicts. We will begin by examining the paradoxical issue of the concept of a national media in the age of globalisation. We will move on to examine the relationships, both supportive and antagonistic, between governments, the military and journalists, drawing on case studies such as the Second World War, Vietnam, and the Gulf War. We will conclude by examining the ways in which global journalism influences participants in conflicts, public opinion, and policy through the CNN Effect.