Communication, Media and Culture (BA)

During Induction Week, make sure you follow your course induction schedule below. This must take priority over any other events. Most of these induction events will be on campus but there may be additional online events that you will need to attend or watch.

While most of these activities won’t change, there could be small changes to timings and locations, so make sure to check back here regularly for any updates.

Don’t forget to complete your online enrolment.

Induction schedule

If you are a student taking a joint honours degree you will need to also look at the induction schedule for your other subject. Joint honours students will need to attend the Welcome and Induction sessions and taster sessions for BOTH of their courses.

Monday 16 September

Time	Event details	Location
On Demand	Read through the HSS Induction Google site For UG students only	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Induction Google site

Tuesday 17 September

Time	Event details	Location
9:30am - 11:30am	Welcome and induction	G538, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus

Wednesday 18 September

Time	Event details	Location
1:00pm - 4:00pm	Module Registration Helpdesk	G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Welcome to the School of Education, Humanities and Languages	John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus

Thursday 19 September

Time	Event details	Location
10:00am - 4:00pm	Module Registration Helpdesk	G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus
10:00am - 11:00am	Communication, Media and Culture taster session	G536, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus

Friday 20 September

Time	Event details	Location
On Demand	Sexual Consent Education View our consent induction webpage and complete the mandatory course on Moodle	View the Consent matters webpage Complete the Sexual consent education course
10:00am - 4:00pm	Module Registration Helpdesk	G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus
2:30pm - 4:00pm	Faculty Social	CLC G.02, Sir Kenneth Wheare Hall, Clerici Building, Headington Campus

Time

Event details

Location

On Demand

Sexual Consent Education

View our consent induction webpage and complete the mandatory course on Moodle

View the Consent matters webpage

Complete the Sexual consent education course

10:00am - 4:00pm

Module Registration Helpdesk

G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Faculty Social

CLC G.02, Sir Kenneth Wheare Hall, Clerici Building, Headington Campus

Student Support Co-ordinators

Your Student Support Coordinator (SSC) is: Mandy Archer

How to contact us	Contact details	Availability
In person	G103, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus	Monday - Friday: 11:00am - 12:00pm; 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Email	ssc-hss@brookes.ac.uk
Phone	+44 (0) 1865 535250

Other key contacts

Job title	Name	Contact details
Subject Coordinator	Claire Launchbury	claunchbury@brookes.ac.uk
Programme Lead	Carina Bartleet	c.e.bartleet@brookes.ac.uk
Academic Liaison Librarian	Ashley Cushman	acushman@brookes.ac.uk
Programme Adminstrator	Debra Bates	dbates@brookes.ac.uk HSS-English-Languages@brookes.ac.uk

Reading lists

Recommended Reading

This is an indicative reading list of the core books used for your course's compulsory modules. There is no expectation for you to purchase any of the books, they are all available in the university library.

Once you have chosen your optional modules, you will be able to contact the module leaders to request their reading lists.

For Joint Honours students, you will find your reading lists for your other subject on their new students web page

Communication, Media and Culture Single Honours

Semester 1 Modules	Recommended Core Text
CMC4001 Understanding Communication	Hartley, J. (2020). Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts. 5th edn. Abingdon: Routledge.
CMC4002 Understanding Media	Branston, G. and Stafford, R. (2010). The Media Student’s Book. 5th ed. London: Routledge
CMC4003 Investigating CMC	Bowman, P. (2012) Culture and the media. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Semester 2 Modules	Recommended Core Text
CMC4006 Understranding Digital Cultures	Miller, V. (2020). Understanding Digital Culture. Sage (2nd Edition)
CMC4004 Understanding Culture	Storey, J. (2021). Cultural Theory and Popular Culture. 9th ed. London: Routledge
CMC4007 Producing and Editing Text for Publication	Brooks, B. S., & Pinson, J. L. (2016). The art of editing in the age of convergence (10th ed.). Routledge.

Communication, Media and Culture Joint Honours

Semester 1 Modules	Recommended Core Text
CMC4001 Understanding Communication	Hartley, J. (2020). Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts. 5th edn. Abingdon: Routledge.
CMC4002 Understanding Media	Branston, G. and Stafford, R. (2010). The Media Student’s Book. 5th ed. London: Routledge

Semester 2 Modules	Recommended Core Text
CMC4004 Understanding Culture	Storey, J. (2021). Cultural Theory and Popular Culture. 9th ed. London: Routledge

Additional information

More information about your induction programme can be found on the Faculty Induction Google Site.

Joint Honours Students

If you are a student taking a joint honours degree you will need to also look at the induction schedule for your other subject.
Joint honours students will need to attend the Subject Welcome and taster sessions for BOTH of their courses. If your schedules show two different times for the School welcome session you need only attend one of these.