Module manager: Catherine Johnson
Email: C.A.Johnson1@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
This module is not approved as a discovery module
The module introduces second year you to the study of media policy and provides you with the skills and knowledge to contribute to current policy debates.
This module is designed to introduce you to media policy and provide you with the tools to analyse current policy issues and contribute to policy debates. You will learn about the historical development of press, broadcasting and internet policy, the different values and visions of media at stake in media policy, and how the contemporary policymaking process works. You will then examine a range of contested issues in key policy areas that are being considered by media policymakers today.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Analyse media policy and the forces that shape it
2. Analyse the impact of media policy and regulation
3. Examine contemporary media policy developments and debates
4. Formulate media policy recommendations
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
5. Gather and examine information and arguments from a range of academic and policy sources
6. Analyse different sources to develop arguments and/or recommendations
7. Communicate ideas accurately and effectively, adapting communication style where necessary to meet the needs of different audiences (e.g. academic or policy)
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Seminar | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Private study hours | 178 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 22 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Interactive lecture tasks will give students the opportunity to test, and receive formative feedback on, their knowledge and understanding.
Weekly seminars include tasks designed to build skills and knowledge required for assignments. By participating in seminars and engaging with seminar tasks students will receive formative feedback designed to test knowledge and develop skills for the assignments.
General feedback on assignment one will be given in the lectures and seminars and oriented to help students to prepare for assignment two.
Weekly staff office hours will offer students the opportunity to gain individual one-to-one formative feedback on all aspects of the module, from assignments to performance in seminars and lectures.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Report | 35 |
| Coursework | Report | 65 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Resit is to repeat the assessment
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 30/04/2025
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