BJ3S47 - Symposium 01 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2026 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: BJ3S47
Module Title: Symposium
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Film and TV
Faculty Sub Group: Film and TV
Module Leader: Delme Parfitt
Module Team: Gwyneth Moore
First Intended Intake: SEP 2024 Final Year of Intake: 2029
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 6
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100058 - film studies
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2024
Valid To 31 Aug 2026

Module Aims

To enable students to critically examine the practice of journalism with reference to theory about its relation to society and the public sphere. 

To enable students to research and produce an in-depth presentation on a negotiated, timetabled and agreed topic. 

To encourage critical thinking towards their own work in the practice of journalism

Content Summary

In this module students will plan, research, and deliver a Presentation related to sports media and culture. Group workshops will support students in the production of a Pitch and Proposal which will form the basis of their research project, and individual Supervisory sessions will guide the development and final production of the Presentation. The Presentation will be focused on a subject agreed in advance with staff. 

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 8
Seminar 8
Project Supervision 20
Independent Study 140
Directed Study (including online independent learning) 12
Total Hours Selected 188

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Understand how to conceive, construct and execute a self-organised research project in sports journalism or closely related areas.
LO2 Critically understand and reflect on the processes involved in conducting research in journalism studies.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Research Plan / Proposal / Project/ Log 1 A fully referenced proposal outlining a rationale for the subject of the Presentation 0 500 20 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Presentation (Asynchronous) 1 A fully-referenced presentation outlining research undertaken into an agreed subject. 20 N/A 80 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Research Plan / Proposal / Project/ Log 1
Presentation (Asynchronous) 1

Reading List

  1. Boyle, R. and Haynes, R., 2017.?Power Play: Sport, the Media and Popular Culture. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 

  1.  Rowe, D., 2018.?Sport, Culture and the Media: The Unruly Trinity. 3rd ed. Buckingham: Open University Press. 

  1. Billings, A.C., Butterworth, M.L. and Turman, P.D., 2018.?Communication and Sport: Surveying the Field. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. 

  1. Bernstein, A. and Blain, N., eds., 2021.?Sport, Media and Mega-Events. London: Routledge. 

  1. Hutchins, B. and Rowe, D., 2020.?Digital Media Sport: Technology and Power in the Network Society. London: Routledge. 

  1.  Pedersen, P.M., 2020.?The Routledge Handbook of Sport Communication. London: Routledge. 

  1. Vincent, C. and Crossman, J., eds., 2019.?Bearing Witness: The Ethics of Sports Journalism. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. 

  1. Boyle, R., 2019.?Sports Journalism: Context and Issues. 2nd ed. London: SAGE Publications. 

  1. English, P., 2021.?Journalism, Ethics and Society. 2nd ed. London: Palgrave Macmillan