Postgraduate Module Descriptor

POLM142: Europe in the Digital Age

This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.

Week 1: Introduction: presentation of the module

Week 2: communications theory

Week 3: market developments

Week 4: Twitterati and political opinion formation

Week 5: Europe's Digital Single Market

Week 6: Copyfighters

Week 7: telecoms and connectivity

Week 8: global internet governance

Week 9: data protection and privacy

Week 10: the dark web

Week 11: review

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
24	276	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	24	12 x 2 hour seminars
Guided independent study	276	Independent study

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

· Media Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk/media

· the Independent – media http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media

· the Financial Times – media https://www.ft.com/companies/media

· the Telegraph – media and telecomms http://www.telegraph.co.uk/media-and-telecoms/

· Guardian Digital Media Content Blog https://www.theguardian.com/media/digital-media

· Guardian technology blog https://www.theguardian.com/uk/technology

· IndyMedia twitter blog https://twitter.com/indymedia

Journals:

· Communication Research

· Convergence

· European Journal of Communication

· Javnost

· Harvard International Journal of Press

· Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television

· Journal of Communication

· Journal of Media Law and Practice

· Journalism Quarterly

· Media, Culture and Society

· Telecommunications Policy