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Module Title |
History and Structure of the Media
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Module Code |
CM137
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School |
School of Communications
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Online Module Resources
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| Module Co-ordinator | Prof John Horgan | Office Number | |
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Level |
1
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Credit Rating |
5
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None
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Module Aims
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To offer students an account of the historical development of the mass media and
journalism both internationally and nationally. Moreover the module seeks identify and
discuss the impact of those historically contingent sets of social, political and economic circumstances/forces on the form, function and organisation of the mass media.
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Learning Outcomes
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Students will be able to situate individual media forms/industries into a historic context.
Students will be able to trace the emergence of modern media institutions from their historic roots.
Students will be able to discuss the impact of old media on new media forms.
Students will be able to understand the role of social structure in shaping media forms
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Indicative Time Allowances
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Hours
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Lectures |
36
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Tutorials |
0
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Laboratories |
0
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Seminars |
0
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Independent Learning Time |
39
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Total |
75
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NOTE
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Assume that a 5 credit module load represents approximately 75 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module.
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Indicative Syllabus
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This module is team-taught by Dr. John Horgan and Dr. Roderick Flynn. The first five
Weeks (Dr. Horgan) cover the history of print, publishing and newspapers in Ireland and
abroad, newspapers and politics in Ireland 1842-1922, Mainstream print media 1922-73, and
owners, readers and journalists 1973-2003. Dr. Flynn deals with British broadcasting history
(weeks 5-6). Dr. Horgan deals with radio and television in Ireland (weeks 7-8), Dr. Flynn
deals with Cinema History (weeks 10-11) and new digfital media (week 12).
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| Assessment | | Continuous Assessment | 20% | Examination Weight | 80% |
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Indicative Reading List
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Essential:
Horgan, John (2000): Irish Media: A Critical History since 1922
Smith, Anthony (1995): Television: an international history.
Crisell, Andrew (1997): An introductory history of British Broadcasting
Pettitt, Lance (2000): Screening Ireland
Supplementary:
Farrel, Brian (1984( (ed.): Communications and Community in Ireland
Williams, Raymond (1961): The Long Revolution
James Curran and Jean Seaton (1997)- Power Without Responsibility (5th ed.)
Thompson, Kristin and David Bordwell (1994)- Film History: An Introduction
Read, Donald (1992): The Power of News: the history of Reuters 1849-1989
Roxburgh, Angus (1987): Pravda: Inside the Soviet News Machine.
Emery, Edwin (1978): The press and America: an interpretative history of
the mass media.
Baldasty, Gerard (1992): The Commercialisation of News in the nineteenth
century.
Turner, Graeme (1993), Film as Social Practice (2nd Ed.)
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Programme or List of Programmes
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| BSSA | Study Abroad (DCU Business School) |
| BSSAO | Study Abroad (DCU Business School) |
| CS | BA in Communication Studies |
| ECSA | Study Abroad (Engineering & Computing) |
| ECSAO | Study Abroad (Engineering & Computing) |
| HMSA | Study Abroad (Humanities & Soc Science) |
| HMSAO | Study Abroad (Humanities & Soc Science) |
| JR | BA in Journalism |
| SHSA | Study Abroad (Science & Health) |
| SHSAO | Study Abroad (Science & Health) |
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