Online Courses Handbook 2003

301069 (v.3) Media Studies 314 - The Press, Power and Responsibility

Area:	School of Media and Information
Contact Hours:	2.0
Credits:	25.0
Seminar:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
A theoretical perspective on the relationship between journalism and society. Examination of the role of journalism and the news media, from the early press to the present, in the context of a number of related historical developments including the advent of modernity, democratic polity, governmentality and the information society.