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Crime, Media and Culture
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Program
London, England
Dates: 8/29/18 - 5/18/19
Crime, Media and Culture
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: London South Bank University
Location: London, England
Primary Subject Area: Media Studies
Instruction in: English
Transcript Source: TBD
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 4
Prerequisites: Introduction to Sociology
DESCRIPTION
This module examines how crime, criminal behaviour, policing, and the criminal justice system are represented in TV drama, film, and news media. It explores the cultural and political significance of media and crime, and media constructions of deviance. Students develop the academic practice of textual analysis, exploring how academic media theories and methods relate to a range of written and visual texts. The module will introduce forms of analysis developed from various theoretical traditions, such as semiotics, structuralism and feminism.