1. On completion of this module, you will be able to describe the links between media representations and crime, victimisation, and social inequalities
Knowledge & Understanding; learning; enquiry

2. On completion of this module, you will be able to evidence knowledge of a range of academic sources related to theories of gender, race and ethnicity, disability or sexuality
Knowledge & Understanding; learning; enquiry

3. On completion of this module, you will be able to apply academic theory to debates about media representations and crime, victimisation, and social inequalities
Knowledge & Understanding; analysis; reflection; application

4. On completion of this module, you will be able to critically discuss the relationship between media, representation and society in a good style of written English.
Communication; analysis

The 2,000-word essay worth 100% of the total module mark assesses students’ achievement of all the Learning Outcomes. The question for the assessment includes an element of choice on the part of students, allowing them to focus on a particular aspect (or aspects) of the module in order to develop an argument with wider resonance in relation to the module in its entirety.

This module introduces students to the complex interrelationships between media, representation and society. Mediated forms of representation are crucial to constructions and contestations of a range of social identities formulated along the axes of class, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and sexuality. The module offers students:

• An introduction to academic theories and concepts of representation;
• An introduction to the histories of dominant regimes of representation and the relationships of these to contemporary forms of representation and social inequalities;
• An application of academic theories to individual media representations.

The module offers case studies of representations generated across a range of media sites, including television, film, literature, advertising, newspapers, magazines, music videos and websites. Students are given the opportunity to analyse visual representations from historical and contemporary media sources. The module also encourages students in the development of key study skills commensurate with Level 4, such as critical skills, independent research skills and academic writing skills.
The module aims to:

1. Introduce the complex interrelationships between media, representation and society;
2. Explain academic theories, concepts and contemporary debates related to media, representation and society;
3. Enable understanding and appropriate employment of specialist academic terminology;
4. Facilitate independent analysis of specific representations;
5. Develop awareness of how specific representations are located within frameworks of power and social inequality.

For 150 hours, of which 26 will be class contact and 124 hours will be guided independent study. Whole group contact will consist of lectures and workshops.

Hall, S. (1997). Representation: Cultural Representation and Signifying Practices. London, Sage.

Harrison, K. (2014). Fashion. In R. Atkinson (Ed.) Shades of Deviance (pp. 62-65). London, Routledge.

Hayward, K. and Yar, M. (2006). The "Chav" Phenomenon: Consumption, Media and the Construction of a New Underclass. Crime, Media, Culture 2(1), 9-28.

Jewkes, Y. (2015). Media and Crime (3rd edition). London, Sage.

• The library
• PCs with standard suite of University software providing access to e-mail, the internet, word processing, etc.
• Lecture rooms with access for disabled students, and suitable for group work
• The Blackboard virtual learning environment

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Media, Representation and Society: This an exciting module in which you will examine the complex interrelationships between media, representation and society. Mediated forms of representation are crucial to constructions and contestations of a range of social identities formulated along the axes of class, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and sexuality. The module offers case studies of representations generated across a range of media sites, including television, film, literature, advertising, newspapers, magazines, music videos and websites. You will have the opportunity to analyse visual representations from historical and contemporary media sources.