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Postgraduate Course: Media and Crime (LAWS11100)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course will be offered as an optional module for the MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Students taking the module will study media representations of crime and responses to crime (such as policing and punishment). The module will study both non-fictional and fictional representations, exploring theoretical models of the workings of the media (both sociological and political), as well as specific stufy of the ways in which crime is portrayed, discussed and consumed in different media genres. Genres to be examined include newspapers (local and national), television news, television documentaries, radio, movies, and the Internet. Genres will be studied by focusing on specific instances (for example, a specific television show, newspaper, or newspaper report) of each kind, with materials being available in the Law Library, on the course website, and via the Internet.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Essay (50%)
Review Essay (50%)
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to explain and assess some leading theories of the workings and social effects of the media, and be able to identify, examine, describe and discuss various different examples of depiction of crime (and related activities) as found in different media genres. Students will be able to apply media theories to specific examples, and explain and assess the results. Students taking the module will acquire sufficient knowledge and skills in the subject area as to be able subsequently to conduct independent but guided research for the purposes of writing an MSc dissertation on a topic in the area.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsMedia crime policing reporting news television cinema Internet
Contacts
Course organiserProf Richard Sparks
Tel: (0131 6)50 2059
Email: r.sparks@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Ginny Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)51 4246
Email: Ginny.Spencer@ed.ac.uk
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