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This blended learning module will consist of 150 hours, of which 18 hours will be class contact (12 hours as whole group contact and 6 hours of part group contact), and 132 hours of guided independent learning. Whole Group contact consists of formal lectures supported by video footage and Power-point presentations.

Part group contact will be more informal seminars/workshops based on guided readings or activities, working through key issues prepared in advance by students and partly around preparation for assessment and guidance for independent work as well as guidance over source materials, print materials such as policy documents and newspaper articles and electronic sources.

The blended learning element comes in the form of 6 virtual learning sessions. 3 of these will involve the use of 'learning families' where the students will have an online discussion with other students in their 'learning family' based on questions coming out of a given reading. In the remaining 3 virtual sessions the students will work independently posting critical comments on the set reading or answering set questions on the reading and posting their responses onto the VLE Discussion Board.

This module will examine a variety of contemporary debates surrounding the production, consumption and effects of pornographic material including definitional issues with the substantive topic and the law; pornography and the representation of women; the alleged link of pornography to sexual violence; the legal position of pornographic material in the United Kingdom and the United States of America; issues related to lesbian and gay pornography; censorship, and pornography as a human rights issue and internet pornography

One 3,000 word essay weighted at 100% (learning outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4)

Audio Visual Equipment
Access to Internet, email and Blackboard
Suitable rooms for small group work with access for disabled students
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.