Module Descriptors
THE BRITISH PRESS
JOUR40320
Key Facts
School of Digital, Technologies and Arts
Level 4
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Michael Temple
Email: M.Temple@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 22
Independent Study Hours: 128
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
One coursework essay 2,000-2,500 words
Independent learning via guided readings, literature searches via Web and library resources, tutor and student led seminar discussions on key issues relating to the British press
[Learning Outcomes 1-3]
Key Information Set:
100% Coursework
Independent learning via guided readings, literature searches via Web and library resources, tutor and student led seminar discussions on key issues relating to the British press
[Learning Outcomes 1-3]
Key Information Set:
100% Coursework
Module Indicative Content
History of the British press; theories of the press; the popular press and press barons; World War Two and the challenge of radio; the rise of media conglomerates and cross-ownership; new technology and the Wapping revolution; local and regional press; issues of regulation and censorship; the rise of spin; dumbing down of the press; the multi-media environment; global media empires and the future of British newspapers.
Module Learning Strategies
11 x lectures (1 hour) - 11 hours
To introduce key concepts and develop skills including note-taking and the ability to extract and use relevant information
11 x seminars (1 hour) - 11 hours
To facilitate wider group discussion of issues raised during lectures, to take part in group workshop activities (for example, analysing news stories from tabloid and broadsheet newspapers)
Independent learning - 128 hours
Developing research skills and independent learning in preparation for essay and presentation assignments
Key Information Set:
15% scheduled Learning & Teaching activities
85% guided independent learning
0% placement
To introduce key concepts and develop skills including note-taking and the ability to extract and use relevant information
11 x seminars (1 hour) - 11 hours
To facilitate wider group discussion of issues raised during lectures, to take part in group workshop activities (for example, analysing news stories from tabloid and broadsheet newspapers)
Independent learning - 128 hours
Developing research skills and independent learning in preparation for essay and presentation assignments
Key Information Set:
15% scheduled Learning & Teaching activities
85% guided independent learning
0% placement
Module Resources
Library texts and journals
Daily and Sunday national newspapers
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
Daily and Sunday national newspapers
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
Module Texts
H. Barker Newspaper, Politics and English Society 1695-1855 (Longman, 2000)
J. Curran & J Seaton Power Without Responsibility: the Press and Broadcasting in Britain (Routledge, 2010)
M. Temple, The British Press (OUP, 2008)
K. Williams Get Me A Murder A Day!: History of Mass Communication in Britain (Hodder Arnold, 2010)
J. Curran & J Seaton Power Without Responsibility: the Press and Broadcasting in Britain (Routledge, 2010)
M. Temple, The British Press (OUP, 2008)
K. Williams Get Me A Murder A Day!: History of Mass Communication in Britain (Hodder Arnold, 2010)