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Created: Friday, 20 February 2009, Updated:Thursday, 14 May 2009
The links below will take you to the content outline, reading and lecture notes for each week. Lecture notes will remain on the site for three weeks. (The date is the date of the lecture - Monday)
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One (2 March) |
Media outputs
Introduction. |
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Two (9 March) |
Reviewing the literature. What is the value of this? |
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Three (16 March) |
Using the review of the literature to develop your research question, or argument. |
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Four (23 March) |
Counting what's there: content analysis. |
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Five (30 March) |
Doing content analysis. |
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Six (6 April) |
Criticisms of content analysis |
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8 APRIL MARK SCOTT |
On Wednesday 8 April, ABC Managing Director Mark Scott will deliver the La Trobe Media and Cinema Studies Annual Lecture. The event will be held at the State Library Theatrette in La Trobe Street. Full details . |
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Easter break |
You will not be surprised to hear that there are no classes over Easter! The mid semester break extends from 10 April to 19 April inclusive. |
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Seven (20 April) |
OK, but what does it mean? Moving from 'messages' to texts. |
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Eight (27 April) |
Structuralism and its aftermath. |
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Nine (4 May) |
'Linguistic' discourse analysis |
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Ten (11 may) |
'Foucauldian' discourse analysis |
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Eleven (18 May) |
Media contexts Introduction: 'Critical Theory' |
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Twelve (25 May) |
No lecture this week | Tutorial: Completing the final assignment. |
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Thirteen (1 June) |
Political economy of the media. |
This subject has been developed with assistance over time from, Dinah Partridge, Morwenna Crago, Caroline Kruger, Sam Hinton, Ina Bertrand.