Communications Politics & Media
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ARTFF006 | Arts & Education (Foundation) | 0 | 10 | Spring Malaysia |
- Code
- ARTFF006
- School
- Arts & Education (Foundation)
- Level
- 0
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Spring Malaysia
Summary
This module provides an introduction to contemporary media and society. It aims to familiarise students with some of the basic concepts of media and society and ways in which media texts can be treated as a means to gain insights into the dynamics of society through examining a range of communicative contexts, diverse media and texts such as film, music, print media and television. The module therefore develops students skills and techniques of analysing media texts for the purpose of gaining knowledge and understanding of media representations of society within and across societies. Students will be able to adopt a comparative approach to the analysis of media texts drawn from different societies such as British, their own and others thereby also helping them develop intercultural awareness. In addition, students will be able to look at and question how media texts represent the world, whether it is fact or opinion. Students will be encouraged to begin to analyse media texts in relation to institutions, political ideologies and identities. Assessment will be in the written form and students will be able to further enhance their language skills.
Target Students
Foundation in Arts and Education
Classes
- One 1-hour seminar each week for 10 weeks
- One 2-hour lecture each week for 10 weeks
Assessment
- 50% Coursework 1: 1500-word coursework essay
- 50% Exam 1 (1-hour-30-minute): Final Exam 1.5 hours
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
The aims of this module are to:· Introduce basic concepts of, politics and communication, and how they interrelate· Examine the relationship between society and contemporary media.· Through an understanding of media representations of society, gain an insight into aspects of society such as institutions, politicalideologies and identities.· Develop students’ analytic, critical and interpretative skills.Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module students should have gained:
- Knowledge and Understanding: knowledge and understanding of some of the basic concepts of, and the relationship between, media and society andthereby gain an insight into aspects of society such as institutions, political ideologies and identities.
- Intellectual Skills: analytic, critical and interpretative skills as well as an ability to apply skills and techniques to the analysis of a varietyof media texts from varying societies.
- Professional Practice Skills: IT skills to access media texts and to complete assignments.
- Transferable Skills: reading, listening, writing, speaking, collaborative learning and critical thinking.
Conveners
- Ms Gayathry S.Venkiteswaran