Week 1
Module 1. Introduction to Media Studies
Module 2. The Sociological Imagination
Module 3. Key debates in Media Studies
Week 2
Module 4. A sociological approach to Media Studies
Module 5. Researching Society and Culture
Module 6. Types of Research Paradigms
Week 3
Module 7. Researching Media Effects
Module 8. Impact of Media on Society: Case Study
Module 9. Marxist Paradigm I
Week 4
Module 10. Marxist Paradigm II
Module 11. Non- Marxist Theories I
Module 12. Non- Marxist Theories II
Week 5
Module 13. Feminist Theories: A sociological approach I
Module 14. Feminist Theories: A sociological approach II
Module 15. Feminist Theories and Media Studies
Module 16. Towards a semiotic sociology
Week 6
Module 17. The semiotics of Mass Communication
Module 18. Semiotics as a method to study media text – Case Study
Module 19. New Media and Society
Module 20. New Media & Digital Culture
Week 7
Module 21. Production and control in old vs New Media
Module 22. Representation of gender in popular cinema
Module 23. Representation of women in popular media- a case study
Module 24. Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media
Week 8
Module 25. The application Stuart Hall Audience Reception Theory
Module 26. The changing nature of Media audience
Module 27. Case Study - Audience Reception Analysis of popular media text
Module 28. Analysing Media Content I
Week 9
Module 29. Analysing Media Content II
Module 30. The influence of ideology on content I
Module 31. The influence of ideology on content II
Module 32. Media and Globalization I
Week 10
Module 33. Media and Globalization II
Module 34. Media and technology
Module 35. The industry perspective of Media
Module 36. Media Convergence
Week 11
Module 37. Stereotyping in the Media
Module 38. Media Literacy: Understanding how mainstream media works
Module 39. Journalism and the Public Sphere
Module 40. How Audience Use Media and Gratify themselves
Week 12
Module 41. Cinema, Society and Culture
Module 42. Cinema and Development
Module 43. Sociology of Film
Module 44. Media Economics and Society
Week 13
Module 45. Advertising and Society
Module 46. Marketing Communication and Society
Module 47. Review of recent literature
Module 48. Review of recent literature
Week 14
Module 49. Research design
Module 50. Research design using 'sociology of Media' framework
Module 51 Film Criticism: How to analyse a film I
Module 52 Film Criticism: How to analyse a film II
Week 15
Module 53 Ethnography in Media
Module 54 Media Ethnography I
Module 55 Media Ethnography II
Module 56 Bollywood and Sociology: A Case Study
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