Module Information
Module Identifier
HYM3120
Module Title
Political Power and the Media in Britain
Academic Year
2015/2016
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 2
Other Staff
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
---|---|
Seminar | 10 x 2 Hour Seminars |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
---|---|---|
Semester Assessment | Essay 1 @ 3,000 words | 50% |
Semester Assessment | Essay 2 @ 3,000 words | 50% |
Supplementary Assessment | Essay 2 @ 3,000 words | 50% |
Supplementary Assessment | Essay 1 @ 3,000 words | 50% |
Brief description
This module concentrates on the period between 1850 and 1950, a century whose media was characterised above all by the popular press and, from the early 1920s, by radio broadcasting. It was also a period of great social change.
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7