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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

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Module TeacherFarrel Corcoran
NFQ level 9 Credit Rating
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
Description
This module explores mass mediated communication at a world level, with a particular emphasis on how news plays an increasingly important role in shaping economic, cultural and political relationships. The importance of historical insights into how international media systems developed is stressed, and how global communication and journalism have an impact on international relations in the contemporary world.

Learning Outcomes
1. Describe key aspects of the structures of global news media and how they evolved over time
2. Deepen and extend the range of his/her awareness of cultural globalisation and information flows through international media systems
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the formation of public opinion at an international level and debates about the evolution of a global public sphere
4. Identify the ways in which journalism plays a role in international conflict, war and humanitarian conflict



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture3No Description
Lecture3No Description
Total Workload: 6

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Global Communication.
Public opinion formation and the conduct of foreign policy. Agenda-setting and issue framing in international news. The watchdog role of journalism in international conflict. Journalism theories and news cultures. News sources and public relations. The indexation of news to elite discourse. The structure of global news production: news agencies and the role of the foreign press corps. The evolution of global wholesalers in television news and the rise of regional news exchange systems. The structure of dominant news flows and possibilities for contra-flows. The Internet and 'virtual cosmopolitanism.'.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment% Examination Weight%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Essayn/a100%Sem 1 End
Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
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Indicative Reading List
  • McQuail, D.: 2010, Mass Communication Theory, 6th ed., Sage,
  • Christians, C. G., Glaser, T. L., & McQuail, D: 2009, Normative Theories of the Media: Journalism in Democratic Societies, University of Illinois Press.,
  • Preston, Paschal: 2009, Making the News: Journalism and News Cultures in Europe, 1 ed., Routledge London & New York.,
  • Loffelholz, M., & Weaver, D. (Eds.): 2008, Global Journalism Research: Theories, Methods, Findings, Future. 1 Ed., Blackwell.,
  • Wolfsfeld, Gadi: 2004, The Media and the Path to Peace, 1 Ed., Cambridge University Press London,
  • Entman, Robert: 2004, Projections of Power: Framing News, Public opinion and US Foreign Policy, University of Chicago Press Chicago,
  • McPhail, Thomas: 2002, Global Communication, 1 Ed., Allyn and Bacon New York,
  • Norris, P: 2003, Framing Terrorism: the News Media, the Government and the Public, Routledge, Lobndon,
  • Robinson, P.: 2002, The CNN Effect: the Myth of News, Foreign Policy and Intervention, Routledge, London,
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