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Researching journalism- Why bother?

Harcup discusses the prominent tensions between journalism research and practice, concluding that the theoretical research of ‘why’...

This week’s lecture was focused on research methodology and why studying the media is important. The key reading, ‘How to do media and...

This week was focused on the political economy of the media industry, centring on commodification, spatialisation and structuration. The...

This week’s lecture focused on the impact of digital media on journalism and public relations. Digital media refers to the modern ways of...

This week’s lecture focused on the news values necessary for journalist’s stories concerning news coverage of elite persons attributed to...

Today we looked at Gramsci’s concept of hegemony in relation to media power. The key reading, ‘A compromised fourth estate?’ explores the...

What is body shaming and why do we do it? The text book definition for body shaming is: the practice of making critical, potentially...

This week we have studied political communication and the concept of spin in relation to news management. The key reading, ‘Spinning the...

Donald Trump is now the 45th president of the United States and as we see him move into the White House, we see new debates of feminism...