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The Department of Media (formerly known as the Department of Media and Communication) 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, UK. Its courses include undergraduate degrees in Digital Media,〔("Digital Media BA Degree Course" )〕 Journalism and Media,〔("Journalism and Media BA Degree Course" )〕 Media Production,〔("Media Production BA Degree Course" )〕 Photography,〔("Photography BA Degree Course" )〕 Advertising and Media and Media and Communications〔("Media and Communications BA Degree Course" )〕 (Formerly Communication, Culture and Media). It has masters level degrees in Applied Communication, Automotive Journalism, Film and Visual Cultures, Global Journalism, Global Media and Communications, Health Journalism, Digital Media and Culture and Media Production . ==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. This includes major projects funded by Jisc, the AHRC, HEFCE as well as a number of industry and charitable partners. The department goes back to 1975, when It was among the first places to launch a degree in Communications studies in the UK. In 2006 it launched a weekly industry talk series called the Coventry Conversations〔("About the Coventry Conversations" )〕 whose long list of speakers includes Jeremy Paxman, Murray Walker, Donal Macintyre, Jeff Jarvis, Paul Abbott, Jeremy Vine, Baroness Valerie Amos and many more.〔("Listen to all of the Coventry Conversations in iTunes U" )〕 Jon Snow, of Channel 4 News, is a visiting professor in the department. The department also has talk series in Open Media〔("Department of Media and Communications Open Media Talk Series" )〕 and Photography〔("Photographic Mediations talk series" )〕 The department is underpinned by its "Open Media" approach to education in the fields of Media, Culture, Communication, Photography and the Visual Arts. This approach emerges from the issues, new working practices and substantial changes that have been brought about by development in digital culture and communications technologies over the past decade. As a result of this approach, it was the first practical media department in the UK to start broadcasting lectures to the iTunes U platform〔("Coventry University Launches iTunes U Site" ), ''Journalism.co.uk'', 8 June 2009. Accessed 23 May 2011〕 and onto the YouTube Edu platform in 2009〔("Leading UK and European Universities join YouTube Edu" ), ''Google Press Release'', 1 October 2009. Accessed 23 May 2011〕 and has innovated in teaching learning through open technologies and pedagogies including the development of the world's first open iPhone application for a photography degree course〔("Photography Opens its Doors to the World" ), ''British Journal of Photography'', 13 March 2011. Accessed 23 May 2011〕 as well as various other projects in Open Education in Photography and Creative Activism〔("#creativact Creative Activism: A free and open participatory class in Creative Media Activism" )〕 for which it has won international recognition. In terms of access to research - in July 2009 MC publicly established what was the 1st Green Open Access Mandate for a Humanities Department in the UK and only the 3rd for a Humanities Department in the World; it was also the UK's 24th Green Open Access Mandate〔("Department of Media and Communications becomes UK's 24th Green Open Access Mandate, Planet's 92nd: Coventry University" ), 21 July 2009. Accessed 28 June 2011〕 This mandates faculty to make academic research output freely available online. The department is also home to the Coventry University East Asian Film Society〔("Coventry University East Asian Film Society" )〕 and the CU Today Online Magazine〔("CU Today Online Magazine" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coventry University Department of Media」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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