Browse Hierarchy CMC4003: Investigating Communication, Media and Culture

This module is designed to provide students with the basic tools of argumentation and critical thinking needed to study Communication, Media and Cultural Studies effectively at university level. The module has a dual focus. On one hand, it prepares students to understand how knowledge is developed in these interrelated disciplines. These include the ability to identify and understand typical research practices, to interpret the evidence produced through original research, and to critically evaluate the arguments in which it is presented. On the other, it teaches the practical and rhetorical skills of argumentation that are needed to explain their understanding, discuss their interpretation and present their evaluation in the kind of writing that they will produce in a higher education context. This module forms the foundation of the research component of the Communication, Media and Culture programme, designed to cultivate students' skills as independent learners and researchers.