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DJ6122: Researching the Media
Semester 2 | Credits: 5
This course provides students with an understanding of the inter-related fields of journalism and media studies, through study of a range of scholarly works and independent research.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Describe the development of the field of journalism, in the context of various social and technological changes.
- Understand various normative models for the role of the press, and apply them to case studies.
- Critically examine the organisation and operation of news organisations.
- Analyse the content produced by the news media.
- Place Irish journalism and media in an international context.
Assessments
- Continuous Assessment (70%)
- Oral, Audio Visual or Practical Assessment (30%)
Teachers
- UINSIONN MAC DUBHGHAILL:
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- KAREN M WALSH:
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- TOM FELLE:
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- Kelly Fincham:
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- Don Duncan:
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Reading List
- "Key Readings in Journalism" by Elliot King (Editor), Jane Chapman (Editor)
ISBN: 9780415880282.
Publisher: Routledge - "What are journalists for?" by Jay Rosen
ISBN: 9780300089073.
Publisher: New Haven ; Yale University Press, 1999. - "Media work" by Mark Deuze
ISBN: 9780745639253.
Publisher: Polity - "The Rise of the Network Society: Volume I: The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture" by Manuel Castells
ISBN: 9781405196864.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell - "The global media" by Edward S. Herman and Robert W. McChesney
ISBN: 9780826458193.
Publisher: Continuum - "Global media governance" by Seán Ó Siochrú and Bruce Girard with Amy Mahan
ISBN: 9780742515666.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.