We now live in an era of post-truth politics and fake news. Critically evaluate this statement and its implications for journalism.

Assessments will be marked according to your ability to demonstrate the following :
A critical engagement with concepts and theories discussed on the module.
A critical engagement both with essential reading and wider range of other reading.
A clear argument presented in a fluent style with the use of appropriate academic references, footnotes, quotes etc. [full referencing will not be required for the exam]
Self-directed research into areas beyond the material explored in the taught sessions.
The ability to relate academic material and debates to contemporary issues and controversies in journalism
Skills of scholarship (writing, organisation, referencing)
Core Reading
Manning, P. (2012): Financial Journalism, News Sources and the Banking Crisis Journalism, On-line first, May.

Allan, S. (1999): News Culture, Open University Press, pp 68-86.
Cottle, S. (2001): Television News and Citizenship: Packaging the Public Sphere, in M. Bromley (ed.), No News is Bad News: radio, television and the Public, Longman: Harlow.
Cushion, S. (2012): The Democratic Value of News, Basingstoke: Palgrave
Davis, A. (2010): Media and Politics in J. Curran (ed.) Media and Society, London: Bloomsbury.
Davis, A. (2000): Public Relations Campaigning and News production the case of the new unionism, in J. Curran (ed.) Media organisations in Society, Arnold.
Manning, P. (2001): News and News Sources, Sage.
Meikle, G. and Redden, G. (2011): News Online: Transformations and Continuities, Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Meikle, G. (2009): Interpreting the News, Plagrave.
Miller, D. et. Al. (1998): The Circuit of Communication, Sage.
Palmer, M. (2000): Spinning Into Control, Leicester University Press
Schlesinger, P. and Tumber, H. Reporting Crime: the Media Politics of Criminal Justice in Tumber, H. ed. News: A Reader,Oxford University Press.
Sigal, L. (1999): Reporters and Officials, in Tumber, H. ed. News: A Reader,Oxford University Press.
Street, J. (2001): Mass Media Politics and Democracy, Palgrave. Chp. 9
Tumber, H. (1999): News: A Reader, Oxford University Press, part iv.
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