The presentation will focus on the implication for broadcast journalism practice in the current environment [Learning Outcomes 1,2 and 3]

The essay will allow students to demonstrate the relevance of the theoretical approaches to the practice of broadcast journalism [Learning Outcomes 4 and 5]

Allan, Stuart, News Culture (1999)
Berkowitz, Dan, (ed.) Social Meanings of News: A Text Reader (1997)
Bromley, Michael (editor) No News is Bad News; Radio, television and the public, Longman (2002)
Bromley, Michael and O'Malley, Tom, A Journalism Reader (1997)
Curran, James & Gurevitch, Michael (eds.) Mass Media & Society (2000)
Franklin, Bob, Newszak and News Media, Arnold (1997)
Harrison, Jackie, Terrestrial TV News in Britain: The Culture of Production, Manchester University Press (2000)
Mackay, Hugh & O'Sullivan, Tim (eds) The Media Reader: continuity and transformation (1999)
Manning, Paul, News and News Sources: A Critical Introduction, Sage (2001)
McNair, B., Sociology of Journalism, Arnold Press (1998)
McNair, B., Journalism and Democracy: An evaluation of the political public sphere (2000)
Shingler, M. & Wieringa, On Air: Methods and Meanings of Radio, Arnold (1998)

There will be a combination of student-centred, tutor-led learning, including regular case study workshops and seminar presentations. Students will give individual presentations (typed and pre-circulated). There will also be a programme of directed reading and an analysis of relevant issues relative to current journalistic stories.

This module examines the organisational contexts within which broadcast journalism is conducted. The module aims at extending and enhancing at postgraduate level the student's knowledge of some of the basic intellectual foundations of broadcast journalism. It also aims at giving students a proper understanding of these elements and the ability to apply them in practice. It also examines recent media policy proposed and implemented both by government and media organisations in Britain, Europe and the US. It explores the development of broadcast journalism in Britain, comparing it with the practice in the United States and Europe. It examines issues arising from ownership, structures control and regulation. The implications of telecommunications technology and the information superhighway for the professional practice of journalism will also be assessed. The module examines the relationship of broadcast journalism to public administration, including government, political parties and the political process. These issues are then contextualised in relation to such issues as news values, balance, sources and editorial pressures. Case studies of different styles of news and news values are analysed. Research methodologies will be explored.

Newsroom
Video recorder and TV
Internet