College of Social Sciences and International Studies

College of Social Sciences and International Studies

Europe in the Digital Age
Module POLM142 for 2017/8

Postgraduate Module Descriptor

POLM142: Europe in the Digital Age

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

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

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

Learning and Teaching

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

Online Resources

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

Other Learning Resources

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

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Participation in seminars	Weekly	1-5	Verbal feedback

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
90	0	10

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment	% of credit	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Essay	70	1-5	Written feedback
Written seminar paper	20	1-5	Written feedback
Seminar presentation	10	1-5	Verbal feedback
	0
	0
	0

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Essay	Essay	1-5	Next reassessment period
Written seminar paper	Written seminar paper	1-5	Next reassessment period
Seminar presentation	Seminar presentation	1-5	Next reassessment period