(Award available for year: Master of Arts)
On completion of the programme students should have shown evidence of being able:
- Examine and critically assess evidence about the role of journalism in international communication;
- Examine and analyse the debates and theoretical approaches relevant to an understanding of forces influencing international journalism; in particular its relationship with powerful institutions such as government, state institutions and policy makers;
- Compare the legal and ethical frameworks that regulate the practice of journalism in a variety of national and international jurisdictions, sand evaluate their role in serving the public interest and promoting citizen engagement;
- Critically evaluate international news as the product of a specific set of social practices, codes and conventions;
- Formulate judgments, informed by independent research, about the social and ethical responsibilities of journalism practice, especially in situations of conflict and crisis;
- Demonstrate knowledge and appreciation of the historical, political, social and economic contexts of international news production and adapt related concepts and ideas to specific research and practice projects;
- Critically evaluate journalism’s political, social and economic role in the context of globalization, based on current research and scholarship;
- Understand the process of news production on different platforms, and demonstrate the ability to apply this knowledge to a range of texts;
• Demonstrate additional expertise and an understanding of contemporary research, in one or more designated areas of the field.
Masters (Taught), Postgraduate Diploma & Postgraduate Certificate students will have had the opportunity to acquire the following abilities as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- the skills necessary to undertake a higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in journalism or related area of professional practice;
- evaluating their own achievement and that of others;
- self direction and effective decision making in complex and unpredictable situations relating to the practice and study of international journalism;
- independent learning and the ability to work in a way which ensures continuing professional development in journalism or a related activity;
- critically to engage in the development of journalistic ethical, professional/disciplinary boundaries and norms.
Achievement for the Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the programme and will involve the achievement of the students in:
- demonstrating the ability to apply breadth and/or depth of knowledge to the complex specialist area of international journalism;
- drawing on a range of perspectives on international journalism from within the academy and the profession;
- evaluating received opinion;
- make sound judgements on journalistic activity whilst understanding the limitations on judgements made in the absence of complete data.
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