- Department of Media and Communications
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The Ellen Terry Arts and Media Building
The Department of Media and Communications is part of Coventry School of Art and Design in Coventry University. It is located within the Ellen Terry Building, which is a £7 million refurbished 1930s cinema in the centre of Coventry, England.
Its courses include undergraduate degrees in Journalism, Media Production, Photography, Advertising and Media and Communication, Culture and Media. It has masters level degrees in Applied Communication, Automotive Journalism, Film and Visual Cultures, Global Journalism, Global Media and Communications and Media and Cultural Analysis
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Research, Impact and Recognition
The department has a long established research culture in the fields of Media and Communication contributing to debates at local, national and international level. In 2006 it launched a weekly industry talk series called the Coventry Conversations[1] whose long list of speakers includes Jeremy Paxman, Murray Walker, Donal Macintyre, Jeff Jarvis, Paul Abbott, Jeremy Vine, Baroness Valerie Amos and many more.[2]Jon Snow, of Channel 4 News, is a visiting professor in the department. The department also has talk series in Open Media[3] and Photography[4]
The department is underpinned by its open approach to education in the fields of Media, Culture, Communication, Photography and the Visual Arts. It was the first practical media department in the UK to start broadcasting lectures to the iTunes U platform[5] and onto the YouTube Edu platform in 2009[6] and has innovated in teaching learning through open technologies and pedagogies including the development of the worlds first iPhone application for a photography degree course[7]
Notable Alumni
Pete Ogden, Television Broadcaster, Producer of X Factor and Big Brother
References
- ^ "About the Coventry Conversations"
- ^ "Listen to all of the Coventry Conversations in iTunes U"
- ^ "Department of Media and Communications Open Media Talk Series"
- ^ "Photographic Mediations talk series"
- ^ "Coventry University Launches iTunes U Site", Journalism.co.uk, 8 June 2009. Accessed 23 May 2011
- ^ "Leading UK and European Universities join YouTube Edu", Google Press Release, 1 October 2009. Accessed 23 May 2011
- ^ "Photography Opens its Doors to the World", British Journal of Photography, 13 March 2011. Accessed 23 May 2011
External links
Video clips
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