Critical Media Practice

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• demonstrate critical and analytical thinking in relation to media practice;
• critically evaluate complex problems and apply reasoned thinking and ideas.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• articulate complex ideas at an advanced level through a variety of media formats;
• demonstrate effective time management of multiple project elements.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• concepts, debates and case studies related to media practice;
• application of media skill techniques in different socio-cultural settings.

This module will help you develop core media practice skills and about creative ways in which media is used in different social, cultural and political contexts. This will be underpinned through an awareness of contemporary contexts and the socio-cultural implications of your work. The course will include practical workshops alongside critical understanding of media practice choices.

You will be encouraged to develop your media practice in areas including:

• photography
• social media
• curation
• blogging
• digital writing

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include:

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Tutorials
• Practice-research workshops

Learning activities can include:

• Reflection on verbal or written feedback: this may be verbal or written offered during seminars, tutorials, group activities
• Evaluation of feedback: this may take the form of reflective formative tasks
• Group and collaborative projects and tasks
• Independent research and investigation
• Online reference material research
• Peer group learning and peer assessment tasks
• Problem-solving activities
• Class discussion/critiques
• Student presentations

Resources & Reading list

Internet Resources

Blackboard.

Library.

Journal Articles

Culture Machine. Culture Machine.

Media, Culture and Society. Media, Culture and Society.

Digital Culture and Education. Digital Culture and Education.

Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry. Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry.

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies.

Journal of Media Practice. Journal of Media Practice.

Cultural Studies. Cultural Studies.

Fibreculture. Fibreculture.

Photomediations Machine. Photomediations Machine.

Flow Journal. Flow Journal.

Textbooks

Ratto, M. and Boler, M. (2014). DIY Citizenship. MIT Press.

Gauntlett, D. (2015). Making Media Studies: The Creativity Turn in Media and Communications Studies. Oxford: Peter Lang.

Gauntlett, D. (2011). Making is Connecting: The Social Meaning of Creativity, from DIY and Knitting to YouTube and Web 2.0. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Bennett, P. and McDougall, J. (2016). Doing Text: Media after the Subject. Auteur.

Gauntlett, D. (2012). Media Studies: Texts, Production, Context. Abingdon: Routledge.

Gauntlett, D. (2007). Creative Explorations:  New Approaches to Identities and Audiences. Abingdon: Routledge.

Ott, B.L. and Mack, R.L. (2014). Critical Media Studies: An introduction. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.

Dewdney, A. and Ride, P. (2013). The Digital Media Handbook. Abingdon: Routledge.

Hargreaves, I. and Hartley, J. (2016). The Creative Citizen Unbound. Bristol: Policy Press.

Barker, C. and Jane, E. (2016). Cultural Studies. London: SAGE.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External