Communications and Media
To what extent do media have effects? Discuss with reference to different behaviourist perspectives on the media-audience relationship.
Essay should be 2500 words in length. DO NOT write significantly more or less than 2500 words. Use contemporary examples to support your argument.
Communications and Media
‘The medium is the message’ (McLuhan 1964). Explain McLuhan’s statement in relation to modernity and evaluate its usefulness for understanding TWO media technologies.
Essay should be 2500 words in length. DO NOT write significantly more or less than 2500 words. Use contemporary examples to support your argument.
Communications and Media
Assess the strengths and weaknesses of different structuralist theories in their capacity to shed light on media production and consumption?
Essay should be 2500 words in length. DO NOT write significantly more or less than 2500 words. Use contemporary examples to support your argument.
Communications and Media
To what extent has the rise of communications media affected patterns of social interaction? Consider at least THREE interactionist perspectives in your answer.
Essay should be 2500 words in length. DO NOT write significantly more or less than 2500 words. Use contemporary examples to support your argument.
Communications and Media
Discuss the ways in which feminist theories have informed a contemporary understanding of media and gender. Consider at least TWO feminist perspectives in your answer.
Essay should be 2500 words in length. DO NOT write significantly more or less than 2500 words. Use contemporary examples to support your argument.