Media and film studies

Foundations of Media and Digital Culture

Module code: P4134
Level 4
15 credits in autumn semester
Teaching method: Lecture, Seminar
Assessment modes: Essay

On this module, you’ll explore the historical and cultural foundations of media and digital culture.

By introducing and discussing the foundational schools of media theory, the module enables a broad understanding of the media, and the key methods and approaches that have been undertaken historically to study them. This module explains key theories and theorists that influenced and shaped media and communication.

When you complete this module, you’ll have a developed an intellectual foundation for further study of media, technology and culture.

Module learning outcomes

• Understand, analyse and evaluate different media.
• Develop a knowledge of media histories and key theoretical debates in media and communication.
• Evaluate forms and practices of media, culture and communication and how they organise knowledge, experience and meaning.
• Understand the interdisciplinary foundations of media and communication and the historical schools of study.