Course overview
This course is designed to provide students with a range of advanced media theories, methodologies and research frameworks to carry out sophisticated research. It focuses on research theories relevant to the exploration of cultures and requires students to carry out activities that relate to contemporary media research and, where relevant, draw their major project dissertation or creative work closer to questions around research in the 21st Century. A major theme running through the course is the historical, cultural and social significance of the media as one of the most important contemporary topics debated in both academic research circles and the public sphere.
Course learning outcomes
- To gain further familiarity with a range of theories, methodologies, procedures and approaches to research and creative work in media.
- To develop an understanding of professional and practical media research, with particular reference to the cultural uses and meanings created for, and by, different media.
- To develop strong practical skills in the use of contemporary research tools relevant to a range of fields and interests in a contemporary media environment.
- To polish writing and other communications skills by understanding, preparing and developing research-related documents relevant to high-level media research.
- To increase awareness of a range of contemporary topics, issues and policies related to both academic and professional perspectives of the media, with the capacity to develop advanced, nuanced responses to contemporary media concerns
- To utilise the course materials, topics and activities in enhancing the dissertation component of the course