2022/3, Trimester 1, Face-to-Face, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: | 001 |
Primary mode of delivery: | Face-to-Face |
Location of delivery: | MERCHISTON |
Partner: | Edinburgh Napier University |
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Simon Pia |
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Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
Learning & teaching methodsThe students will combine experiential learning, by visiting and observing a live court case or sentencing diet with lectures self study and peer learning by discussion of the main themes. Through reading and discussion, students will critically engage with a recent court decision and write a report which will demonstrate their critical engagement and knowledge of reporting constraints (LO 1 & 2). In the essay students will be able to evaluate the dangers of defamation and libel for journalists and the media and this will be discussed in the tutorials LO 3 & 4). Lastly lectures, reading and practice in the tutorials will enable students to self-legal their own and others’ written copy for legal errors and reporting transgressions (LO 5). Embedding of employability/PDPA good working knowledge of the law is an essential requirement for any journalist and the better the understanding then the more employable the journalist is.
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As work on your project progresses you will receive formative feedback and practical input from your tutor. Learners will critically engage with a contemporary criminal court case and write a court report on a recent court decision, which complies with Scottish reporting constraints. The court report will demonstrate a basic understanding of the Scottish judicial system by discussing a case. This will make up 40% of your summative assessment (LO 1,2 & 3). A further short essay outlining the reporting restrictions on journalists in Scotland will provide a general wider context on media law for journalists and will make up a further 30% of the summative assessment. This will enable learners to critically analyse reporting restrictions for journalists and evaluate the dangers of defamation and libel for journalists LO 2, 3, & 4). The remaining 30% is made up of a self-legalling exercise where a pre-given feature is legalled for breaches in reporting restrictions. ‘Self-legalling’ is a journalistic term which means being able to assess the legality and suitability of a piece of journalism within Scottish and UK reporting conventions. Learners will demonstrate the ability to self-legal (LO 4 & 5).
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Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) |
Face To Face | Lecture | 12 |
Face To Face | Tutorial | 12 |
Independent Learning | Guided independent study | 76 |
| Total Study Hours | 100 |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 100 |
Assessment |
Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words |
Practical Skills Assessment | 40 | 1-3 | 9 | HOURS= 0, WORDS= 800 |
Essay | 30 | 2-4 | 14 | HOURS= 0, WORDS= 1000 |
Oral Assessment | 30 | 4-5 | 15 | HOURS= 0, WORDS= 1000 |
Component 1 subtotal: | 40 | |
Component 2 subtotal: | 60 | | | |
Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |