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2016/17 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

COMM5745M New Media Practices

30 creditsClass Size: 65

Module manager: Tom Tyler
Email: t.tyler@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2016/17

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

The module introduces students to processes and issues in new media production. Students attend lectures and seminars and work together to respond to new media briefs, developing critical skills, project management skills and their ability to work collaboratively. On the module, students learn through practical exercises, the experiences of collaboration and of working together to solve problems and produce responses to briefs, as well as through more conventional methods such as lectures and seminar discussions.

Objectives

The module introduces students to processes and issues in new media production. Students attend lectures and seminars and work together to respond to new media briefs, developing critical skills, project management skills and their ability to work collaboratively. On the module, students learn through practical exercises, the experiences of collaboration and of working together to solve problems and produce responses to briefs, as well as through more conventional methods such as lectures and seminar discussions.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. produce new media artefacts;
2. understand and critically evaluate issues in new media practices;
3. understand and critically evaluate the individual roles and tasks involved in new media production;
4. deploy relevant new media skills including project management, time management, problem solving, risk management;
5. develop creative solutions to project briefs;
6. work both individually and in a team-based environment to successfully produce a range of new media artefacts.

Skills outcomes
New media production skills & skills to analyse of new media production practices.


Syllabus

New media project management; researching new media production & techniques for understanding users; social media marketing; analyses of new media production practices; working in new media.

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Supervision30.501.50
Seminars91.009.00
presentation14.004.00
Lecture92.0018.00
Private study hours267.50
Total Contact hours32.50
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)300.00

Private study

- meet in teams to prepare collaborative assessment (20 hours)
-prepare for lectures and seminars (45 hours)
- research for and carry out their individual component of the colloborative assessments (177 hours)
- prepare individual written assessment (35 hours)

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Student progress will be monitored via participation in seminars, including informal presentations, and supervisions, as well as through assessment (at the end of the module).

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
Group ProjectNew media group production project80.00
Reflective logIndividual Log Equiv 1,500 words20.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

If a group fails to complete the new media group production project, or if failure in the project results in a fail in the overall mark, the resit will take the form of an individual 5000 word essay.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 23/08/2016

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