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Curran, J.. and Seaton, J. (1997) Power Without Responsibility. London: Routledge
Ehrlich, M. (2006) Journalism in the Movies. Champaign (USA): University of Illinois Press
Harcup, T. (2009) Journalism: principles and practice. London: Sage
McNair, B. (1998) The Sociology of Journalism. London: Arnold
McNair, B. (2009) Journalism on Screen. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
Pilger, J. (1998) Hidden Agendas. London: Vintage
Randall, D. (2000) The Universal Journalist. London: Pluto
Randall, D. (2005) The Great Reporters. London: Pluto
Temple, M. (2008) The British Press. Maidenhead: Open University Press
Thompson, H.S. (1998) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. London: Flamingo Classics
Wilson, J. (1996) Understanding Journalism. London: Routledge
Woodward, B. and Bernstein, C. (2005) All the President's Men. London: Pocket Books

12 screenings - (24 hours)

12 talks/seminar discussions (12 hours)

114 hours - independent study

150 hours in total

Key Information Set Data:
24% scheduled L&T activity
76% guided independent learning

A series of screenings of movies depicting journalists and journalism complemented by a series of lectures. The aim is to examine a range of representations of journalism and its practitioners and their correlation with and/or contradiction to the perceptions of journalism and its status in society. The list of movies to be shown in part, as brief clips or in their entirety, include The Front Page, The Paper, Ace in the Hole, Citizen Kane, State of Play, Mad City, Veronica Guerin, Almost Famous, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and All the President's Men. Notions of journalists as villains, parasites, puppets, heroes - and, hopefully, the people's champions - will be addressed.

Portfolio to consist of:-
An essay of 2,750 words
A 250-word reflective evaluation.
Total word count - 3000 (LO 1 and 2)

Key Information Set Data:
100% coursework (essay)