BA (Hons) Media Bachelor's degree at Edge Hill University

Explores the complexity of factors that shape the relationship between media, culture and society. Introduces media representations of reality and identity constructions, as well as the relationship between media producers and users. Examines how reality is produced, reproduced, maintained and transformed by the media. Covers the interplay between the various roles of the media: the civic role in a democratic system, media as business, and media as a public service provider. Analyzes media organ

Assessment: 60% Coursework 40% Practical

Develops your ability in relation to collaborative working and the professional practices and processes involved in managing a single camera production, from pre-production to post-production stage. Provides you with the opportunity to combine the technical skills of camera operation, lighting, sound, editing and aesthetic considerations in the production of a piece of creative work. Operating within the conventions of fiction or factual production, you will work as part of a production team for

Assessment: 100% Coursework

Charts the growth of social media since the development of Web 2.0. Enables you to develop a deeper online literacy and gain a keen understanding of the power of social media to influence political, social and economic debates. Assesses the role that social media has had in the development of fan and DIY media, and how these have come into conflict with the traditional gatekeeping elites of the corporate mainstream media. Evaluates how far social media has become a controversial space for the di

Assessment: 60% Coursework 40% Practical

Designed to enhance your employability and skill set by introducing you to the various sub-sectors of the constantly changing and evolving media and creative industries. Develops your knowledge and understanding of economic and policy concepts as well as issues within the context of the media and creative industries. Aims to develop your understanding of contemporary media settings, from industrial to political, scholarly and practical. Examines the television, film, animation, music, print, per

Assessment: 100% Coursework

Provides you with practical experience and understanding of how to identify and promote the newsworthy elements of a potential story, or feature, and present it in the format and structure used by journalists. Develops core communications skills based around frequent exercises and feedback on style and content. Teaches the structures of writing news articles, features, reviews, press releases and other forms of written communication to help you express yourself with enhanced precision and clarit

Assessment: 100% Coursework

Introduces you to a range of popular culture products and processes and encourages you to reflect on the relationship between national and global consumption and reception. Examines elements of pop-culture from a variety of nations and facilitates discussions of culture, popular culture and global and national markets and trends. Encourages you to explore areas around convergence, the diversity of experience and the reception of popular culture.

Assessment: 100% Practical

Covers the basics in digital camera use and post-production, semiotic and photography theory. Develops your camera skills, technical competence, and understanding of composition and photography. Concentrates on the principles of stills photography and develops your understanding of the photographic image that will be fundamental in developing knowledge and understanding for all visual communication. Teaches how to use digital photographic cameras and consider composition, framing, colour and pos

Assessment: 100% Coursework

Introduces you to business planning and the development stages in business start-up. Organises and evaluates theoretical perspectives in a practical setting, informing your future learning processes and outcomes. Reviews entrepreneurial skills and small business development through theoretical concepts of enterprise, self-employment and small business management. Creates an awareness of emergent business types and their markets, the factors behind small business start-ups, entry routes, funding,

Assessment: 50% Coursework 50% Practical

Ideal if you want to learn a new language, or further develop your current language skills, as an integrated part of this degree. Taught in an interactive, communicative manner, using authentic materials in the target language. Emphasis placed on all four areas of reading, writing, speaking and listening. You will play an active role in the classes, engaging in role-plays, short conversations, videos, authentic texts and listening materials. Accommodates varying language levels and you will be d

Assessment: 85% Coursework 15% Practical

Recognises that all media messages are representational constructions. Enables you to gain a better understanding of the cultural and ideological constructions associated with representation. Explores the politics of representation and systems of power. Asks you to consider how to define representation, how representation functions within contemporary media and culture, and what role stereotypes play in the construction of reality and identity. Analyses a series of key representational issues li

Assessment: 70% Coursework 30% Practical

Recognises that the internet has fundamentally challenged the gatekeepers of old mainstream media in the creation, production and distribution of media texts. The internet has destabilised the publishing industry, for example, with the rise of social media, while YouTube and Netflix have challenged the primacy of broadcasting networks. Immerses you in a critical evaluation of the production processes of citizen media in the age of the internet. Challenges you to think critically about the role o

Assessment: 60% Practical 40% Coursework

Examines the development of transmedia storytelling within digital environments, recognising that marketing and audience engagement with films and television programmes has changed dramatically over the last decade. Audiences, who are constantly connected through smartphones and second screens, expect to connect with content outside of the core film/television programme, when they want, where they want and on their own devices. The convergence of media, technologies and culture has heralded a ne