This module introduces concepts and debates that are essential to understand the contemporary nature of journalism. The module also offers a critical take on the practices of social media organisations and similar platforms whose operation has a significant impact on the news industry.
This module introduces you to the concept of multiculturalism and national identity. It uses texts from a range of humanities based sources but focuses on the philosophical concepts of self and other and traces media reactions to the notion of multiculturalism and identity in the UK, especially in the contemporary era.
This module introduces you to the required knowledge and skills for identifying, gathering, covering and writing news for print, online and broadcast news media outlets. A range of activities will be undertaken which will enable you to examine and demonstrate an initial understanding news structure as well as key drivers for news production.
This module is designed to introduce you to university life. It will support you in exploring the university environment. It will also introduce you to the wide variety of academic skills needed to succeed at university and will support you in the development of these skills.
In this module, you will work collaboratively with other students on a project that reflects an area of shared interest relating to the broad themes of Business, Law or the Social Sciences. You will have the opportunity to work as a small team to devise, design and plan a project relating to a topic of shared interest. In many aspects of life and work, teamwork and collaboration are the norm to solve real world-problems. This group-based project will allow you to develop a range of skills, including leadership skills, time-management, negotiation, communication, creativity, problem-solving and critical thinking skills. By investigating and responding to a complex question, challenge or problem, you and your group will acquire a deeper knowledge of your topic. The module will conclude with a conference, where your group’s project will be presented to the other groups in your class.
This module introduces students to concepts and ideas about public affairs and their daily coverage by news media in the UK. The modules discuss topics such as Parliament, elections and public sector and the way in which journalist must cover those following legal and political frameworks. A range of activities will be undertaken, which will enable students to demonstrate an initial understanding of how the practice of journalism shapes and impacts on the way in which the public sector is reported.
This module will give you a level of understanding of radio journalism as well as the need for journalists to be multiskilled practitioners in the news radio landscape, where news media platforms has convergent into one main digital and online medium. It aims to provide you with a clear understanding of the working practices brought about by the proliferation of news radio forms, genres and digital technologies.
This module aims to introduce you to a variety of factual genres encompassing national and trans-national perspectives. As hybridity is seen now as an essential characteristic of factuality, this module analyses the boundaries between fact and fiction in various popular factual formats and examines a variety of critical approaches and perspectives by scholars and practitioners of film and media in relation to the production of documentary and reality TV.
This hands-on module introduces you to the basic stages of TV news production, including basic techniques of news gathering and interviewing, ability to spot a story, techniques of knowing who to ask, what to ask, how to ask, where to find out, and how to find out, speed, accuracy, filming and editing techniques, etc. The module aims to develop the editorial skills required to produce different news formats (underlays, upsounds, packages), from the research brief to the final output. Every week you will use broadcast standard recording equipment to produce short news items on relevant local issues. The module also develops writing techniques, in particular styles for TV news and scripts, getting the facts right, getting the right angle, meeting deadlines and adhering to Media Law, and presenting news techniques, accents and diction, posture, breathing, gesture, etc.
This module introduces you to Wolverhampton and the people who live there using concepts and insights from a variety of academic subjects, for example Social Policy, Sociology, History, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Law, and Politics, amongst others. You will explore a range of cultural and social issues.
This module aims to explore and analyse what is meant by & lsquo;representation& rsquo;. It engages with themes and debates concerning the conventional techniques, the effects, and the politics of representation and cinema/television, and uses these tools to analyse the filmic representations of social constructs such as gender, & lsquo;race& rsquo;, class and sexual identity.
This module will give you a level of understanding and knowledge of the legal framework that defines the practices of journalism in the UK, including key concepts .It aims to help you develop the ability to critically apply those concepts to the reporting of political, legal and judiciary issues. The module also introduce you to key ethical debates that journalists face during the newsgathering process as well as the coverage, production and distributions of news in different platforms.
This module, closely linked to industry, investigates a range of factors changing the practice of journalism and ensures you understand industry demands and pressures. The module builds on journalism and technological skills attained at Level 4 and moves the production of news into a setting that replicates industry practice, involving the application of these skills to the production of news for multiple platforms, under real-time and deadline conditions; the same constraints faced by professional journalists. You will work in groups to produce a daily news output, expanding your own portfolio and increasing your contacts and range of sources.
This module introduces the relevant concepts and theories of photojournalism, including the semiotic analysis of news or current affairs content. You will also learn how to produce and edit photographic news content using digital equipment and software.
This module introduces you to the knowledge and skills required for writing feature articles for print, broadcast and online news outlets. You will be introduced to a wide range of writing structures required for feature articles that could be produced and distributed among various platforms, including social media. A range of activities will be undertaken which will enable you to demonstrate understanding of how to write, to produce and to publish feature articles and to disseminate them via multimedia channels.
This module explores the impacts of globalisation on media, communication, culture and everyday life. It examines arguments concerning the alienating and isolating nature of global media and global cultural consumption. It addresses new ideas by leading theorists of globalisation and presents case studies of new media use, the (global) anti-globalisation movement and the notion of 'diversity' in cultural consumption.
This module provides the opportunity to engage in independent research leading to the production of high quality journalistic content that meets the standards of the media industry.
This module aims to investigate issues relating to persuasion, influence and power in public relations, advertising and the media. Students will explore debates around power, persuasion and influence and reflect on current practice in this area.
This module builds on the skills attained at levels 4 and 5 and is based around a series of lectures and multi-platform news days during which you will operate as part of a production team and produce multimedia news content, thereby simulating the work of professional journalists. The module will improve your skills in areas like digital and mobile newsgathering, news reading and writing, advanced individual package making, interviewing, live reporting, social media or data journalism and you will be expected to produce work at professional standards. We encourage you to use the best samples of work produced throughout this module as a portfolio for prospective employers.
This Accredited Work Placement& nbsp;module provides an opportunity to apply academic skills and subject area knowledge to a work project negotiated with an external organisation, which is relevant to both the organisation and your subject development. This enables you to demonstrate an awareness of research or production practice within an organisational context, together with reflection of subject standards within an academic framework. Note: For Multimedia Journalism students only, 15 days of placement are compulsory 5 of which must be consecutive in order to ensure the BJTC requirement is fulfilled.