Key information
- Faculty
- IOE
- Teaching department
- Culture, Communication and Media
- Credit value
- 15
- Restrictions
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This module belongs to the module diet for Pathway 1 and Pathway 2, and it is an optional module for students undertaking Pathway 3:
PATHWAY 1: Critical Media with Film - an emphasis on theory, but with a throughline of practical work in film-making running through Years 2 and 3. This pathway will follow the theory modules and all the practice modules in film up to advanced level.
PATHWAY 2: Critical Media with Games - an emphasis on theory, but with a throughline of practical work in game, VR/AR/XR design running through Years 2 and 3. This pathway will follow the theory modules and all the practice modules in games and interactive media up to advanced level.
PATHWAY 3: Media Practice - an emphasis on design in both Film and Games/VR/AR/XR, with options in critical theory to complement this. This pathway will follow all the practice modules in both film and games up to advanced level, along with selected theory modules.
- Timetable
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Alternative credit options
There are no alternative credit options available for this module.
This module aims to explore artefacts as cultural products, fan practices, and the social arrangements that develop around them. This includes introducing the role of media franchises in developing fan communities, exploring ideas around audience studies, learning about theories of identity in relation to fandom and representation in media texts, introducing ideas looking at consumerism, textual poaching, cult media, cult geographies, and cult bodies. The module will further develop your understanding of critical approaches to discourse analysis through a multimodal lens and enable you to produce a portfolio of work, examine the construction of media texts, their production processes, and critically assess reception. You will work together to simulate a fan culture group by making a collaborative fan website. This will involve the production of diverse media artefacts as part of your portfolio of work putting into practice the skills you developed in the first year of the programme across the different modules.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Intended teaching term:
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Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 5)
Teaching and assessment
- Mode of study
- In person
- Intended teaching location
- 新香港六合彩开奖结果East
- Methods of assessment
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50%
Coursework
50%
Other form of assessment
- Mark scheme
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Numeric Marks
Other information
- Number of students on module in previous year
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27
- Module leader
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Dr Omar Ceja Salgado
- Who to contact for more information
- ba.media@ucl.ac.uk
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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