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

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Curran, J. et al. (eds.) (2012) Misunderstanding the Internet. London: Routledge.

Diamond, L., and M. F. Plattner (2012) Liberation Technology: Social Media and the Struggle for Democracy. The

Johns Hopkins University Press.

Fuchs, Christian (2014) Social Media: A Critical Introduction, London: Sage.

Mueller, M. (2010) Networks and States: The Global Politics of Internet Governance. Cambridge: MIT Press.

Pauwels, Caroline, Harri, Kalimo, Donders, Karen and Ben Van Rompuy (2010) Rethinking European Media and

Communications Policy (Institute for European Studies).

Valcke, Peggy, Miklos Sukösd and Robert Picard (2015)Media Pluralism and Diversity: concepts, risks and global

trends. Palgave global media policy and business series.