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FS10050

Academic Year 2026/2027

Media and Globalisation: Places, Cultures and Identities in a Connected World (FS10050)

Subject:
Film Studies
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
English, Drama & Film
Level:
1 (Introductory)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr Yulia Gilichinskaya
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

What role do media (film, television, digital) play in shaping our ideas about the world? How do diverse audiences use global media in everyday life to negotiate issues of social and cultural identity? How do we understand and work with concepts like cosmopolitanism and hybridity?

Through an exploration of the complex and contradictory relationships between the global, local, regional, and national, this module will focus on the key issues and scholarly debates in the field of global media studies. We will explore a broad range of media as our case studies to understand the relationship between location, culture, and identity. This course aims to equip students with a broad-ranging and comparative understanding of the many ways in which media are produced, consumed, distributed, and circulated across the globe and their impact on our imaginations of a global world.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

Reflect and analyze key theoretical debates in global media studies.
Engage productively with a wide range of media across national, local, regional contexts.
Demonstrate a critical understand of how media industries operate globally.
Critically engage with how media constructs national, social, and cultural identities globally.

The United Nations identified seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as core to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and UCD contributes in general to SDG 4 Quality Education. Further SDGs explored within this module if relevant are listed below. A scale of 1 - 5 indicates the extent to which the SDG is covered.


 

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

10
Small Group

10
Practical

20
Autonomous Student Learning

60
Total

100

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This is a lecture module with accompanying film screenings and tutorials. Tutorials may include discussion, group work, or other in-class activities.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade Component repeat (in-module) Offered
Exam (In-person): In-person exam End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Graded No
60
 No
Participation in Learning Activities: Participation in lectures and tutorials. Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12 Graded No
20
 No
Quizzes/Short Exercises: In-class exercises to assess student learning and build research and writing skills. Week 3, Week 6, Week 9 Graded No
20
 No

As part of UCD's student support, under the Additional Consideration policy, extensions may be available for the following assessments in the module: Assignment (including essay/poster), Portfolio, Reflective Assignment, Report(s), and Individual Project.


Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Group feedback in class will be offered on three short exercises from weeks 3, 6, and 9 in addition to individual feedback.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Film Screening Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Thurs 15:00 - 17:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Wed 12:00 - 12:50
Spring Tutorial Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33 Fri 10:00 - 10:50
Spring Tutorial Offering 2 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33 Fri 13:00 - 13:50
Spring Tutorial Offering 3 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33 Fri 14:00 - 14:50
Spring Tutorial Offering 4 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33 Fri 15:00 - 15:50
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