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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Social and Political Science : Sociology

Undergraduate Course: Youth Culture, Media and Society (SCIL10055)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaSociology Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course will explore sociological understandings of youth cultures, tracing the socio-historical factors which facilitated the development of the modern youth market and critically evaluating the ways in which sociology has theorised the relationship between young people, popular culture and 'old' and 'new' media. Themes covered by the course include: young people and the mass media, cultural representations of youth style and gender identities, subcultural groups and ethnic identities, young people and new technologies and global and local youth cultures. The course will also look beyond subcultural theory in a critical examination of 'Postsubcultural youth' and 'neo-tribes'. Students will be encouraged to develop a critical understanding of the main sociological theories and concepts which have been forwarded in an attempt to explain the relationship between youth and popular culture, and to make connections with how the themes and issues covered in this course feed into wider sociological debates concerning issues such as: the significance of consumption in late modern society, the role of the media in the construction of social 'reality', the unstable and shifting nature of 'identity' in contemporary social settings and the relationship between the 'local' and the 'global'.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesRecommended for students with a social science background
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  57
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class Week 1, Thursday, 11:10 - 13:00, Zone: Central. Room G.07, Meadows Lecture Theatre, Medical School, Teviot Place
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Having completed this module, students should:

- Understand how youth cultures have been approached as sociological objects of study

- Have a clear understanding of the socio-historical factors which facilitated the development of the modern youth market

- Gain a critical understanding of the main theories and concepts put forward to explain the relationship between youth and popular culture

- Understand the ways in which youth culture is represented, shaped and constructed by the media

- Have an understanding of the relationship between gender identities, ethnic identities and youth cultures

- Gain an insight into how the themes and issues covered in the course feed into wider sociological debates concerning issues such as the significance of consumption in late modern society; the role of the media in the construction of social 'reality'; the unstable and shifting nature of 'identity'; in contemporary social settings; the relationship between the 'local' and the 'global'.
Assessment Information
Assessment will be by short paper /web exercise (25%) and long essay (75%).
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Kate Orton-Johnson
Tel: (0131 6)51 1230
Email: K.orton-johnson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Sue Renton
Tel: (0131 6)50 6958
Email: Sue.Renton@ed.ac.uk
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