Researching journalism- Why bother?Harcup discusses the prominent tensions between journalism research and practice, concluding that the theoretical research of ‘why’...
Week 7- Media and cultural industriesThis week’s lecture was focused on research methodology and why studying the media is important. The key reading, ‘How to do media and...
Week 6- political economyThis week was focused on the political economy of the media industry, centring on commodification, spatialisation and structuration. The...
Week 5- Digital mediaThis week’s lecture focused on the impact of digital media on journalism and public relations. Digital media refers to the modern ways of...
Week 4- news value of celebrityThis week’s lecture focused on the news values necessary for journalist’s stories concerning news coverage of elite persons attributed to...