Course Details in 2023/24 Session

Module Title	LC Media History and Technologies
School	Eng, Drama, & Creative Studies
Department	Eng Lang and Linguistics
Module Code	09 38656
Module Lead	Joe Spencer-Bennett
Level	Certificate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Seminar-10 hours Practical Classes and workshops-20 hours Guided independent study-170 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	This module introduces students to the history of the media, focusing especially on the ways in which technologies for making and distributing meaning have changed over time. It explores the development of technologies such as writing, the printing press, radio, cinema, television, and the internet. It asks how each of these technologies has related to social, political and communicative changes, and asks; what kinds of society do different media technologies allow us to develop and how?    Students on the module will learn about the history and theory of media in all of its forms, interrogating through seminars and lectures the imbrications of media and the social and cultural world. They will develop a new critical vocabulary to discuss the media, and – through that – develop a sophisticated and self-reflexive understanding of their own agency through media in the present.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of the historical development of media practices in the past century Apply critical concepts and terminology to a wide range of media practices  Conceptualise a self-reflexive understanding of media, and be able to challenge their own preconceptions  Demonstrate an ability to connect the emergence of media technologies to social, cultural and psychological change
Assessment	38656-01 : Assignment One : Coursework (60%) 38656-02 : Assignment Two : Coursework (40%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 2000-word essay (60%) and 1,000 word reflective essay (40%) Reassessment: Resubmission of failed component(s)
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