University of Galway

Course Module Information

Course Modules

15 months long | Credits: 30

This is a capstone research module where students will have the opportunity to engage in a substantial piece of independent research into an academic subject within the field of journalism, media and/or the wider communications field. Students will plan and produce research on a particular topic, drawing on appropriate scholarship in the field, and will be guided through the process of preparing for and producing the dissertation via regular academic supervision with an assigned supervisor.
(Language of instruction: English)

Learning Outcomes
  1. Demonstrate familiarity with a broad range of research literature in the area of journalism studies.
  2. Choose and situate a project within the context of an existing body of scholarly investigation, and appropriate areas of professional practice.
  3. Apply appropriate humanistic and social science theories to problems in the field of journalism studies.
  4. Choose and implement appropriate research methodologies.
  5. Produce academic writing that adheres to professional conventions and standards within the field of journalism studies.
  6. Articulate ideas to present a convincing academic argument.
Assessments
  • Research (100%)
Teachers
Reading List
  1. "Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks" by Meenakshi Gigi Durham (Editor), Douglas M. Kellner (Editor)
    ISBN: 9780470658086.
    Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
  2. "Key Readings in Journalism" by Elliot King (Editor), Jane Chapman (Editor)
    ISBN: 9780415880282.
    Publisher: Routledge
  3. "Irish media" by John Horgan
    ISBN: 0415216419.
    Publisher: London ; Routledge, 2001
  4. "News: The Politics of Illusion" by W. Lance Bennett
    ISBN: 0205082416.
    Publisher: Pearson Education
  5. "The Media Studies Reader" by Laurie Ouellette (Editor)
    ISBN: 9780415801256.
    Publisher: Routledge
  6. "Media in Ireland" by Ireland) Cleraun Media Conference 1998 (Dublin, Damien Kiberd (Editor)
    ISBN: 9781851825097.
    Publisher: Four Courts Pr Ltd
  7. "Media in Ireland" by Ireland) Cleraun Media Conference 2000 (Dublin, Damien Kiberd (Editor)
    ISBN: 9781851826247.
    Publisher: Open Air
  8. "Media in Ireland" by Damien Kiberd
    ISBN: 9781851823154.
    Publisher: Four Courts Press
  9. "Bicycle highway" by edited by Rosemary Day
    ISBN: 9781905785377.
    Publisher: Liffey Press
  10. "Democracy without citizens" by Robert M. Entman
    ISBN: 019506576X.
    Publisher: Oxford University Press
  11. "Keywords" by Raymond Williams
    ISBN: 0006861504.
    Publisher: Fontana Press
  12. "Television" by Raymond Williams; edited by Ederyn Williams; with a new preface by Roger Silverstone
    ISBN: 9780415314565.
    Publisher: London ; Routledge, 2003.
  13. "Empire and Communications" by Harold A. Innis, Alexander John Watson (Introduction)
    ISBN: 1550026623.
    Publisher: Dundurn Press
  14. "The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction" by Walter Benjamin; translated by J. A. Underwood
    ISBN: 9780141036199.
    Publisher: Penguin
  15. "James Carey" by Eve Stryker Munson and Catherine A. Warren, editors
    ISBN: 0816627037.
    Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
  16. "The culture industry" by Theodor W. Adorno; edited and with an introduction by J. M. Bernstein
    ISBN: 0415253802.
    Publisher: London ; Routledge, 2001.
  17. "Manufacturing consent" by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky; with a new introduction by the authors
    ISBN: 0375714499.
    Publisher: Pantheon Books
  18. "Culture and imperialism" by Edward W. Said
    ISBN: 0679750541.
    Publisher: Vintage Books
  19. "Rethinking media theory" by Armand Mattelart + Mich�le Mattelart; translated by James A. Cohen and Marina Urquidi
    ISBN: 0816619107.
    Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
  20. "The invention of communication" by Armand Mattelart; translated by Susan Emanuel
    ISBN: 0816626979.
    Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
  21. "Theories of communication" by Armand Mattelart and Mich?ele Mattelart; translated by Susan Gruenheck Taponier and James A. Cohen
    ISBN: 0761956476.
    Publisher: Sage
  22. "The economic regulation of broadcasting markets" by edited by Paul Seabright and J�rgen von Hagen
    ISBN: 9780521696340.
    Publisher: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, c2007.
  23. "Comparing media systems" by Daniel C. Hallin, Paolo Mancini
    ISBN: 9780521543088.
    Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Cambridge University Press, 2004.
  24. "Understanding Media Industries" by Timothy Havens, Amanda Lotz
    ISBN: 9780195397673.
    Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  25. "Theorizing communication" by Dan Schiller
    ISBN: 0195101995.
    Publisher: Oxford University Press
  26. "Critical theories of mass media" by Paul A. Taylor and Jan Ll. Harris
    ISBN: 0335218113.
    Publisher: McGraw Hill/Open University Press
The above information outlines module DJ6123: "Dissertation: Journalism, communication and media" and is valid from 2020 onwards.
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.