COMMUNICATION IN CONTEXT
MST5CMC
Not currently offered
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
Students will be provided with a grounding in critical approaches to the media. We will take a broadly historical approach and deal with both theoretical and empirical approaches to the media using a case study approach. In this subject, we will explore the ways in which the media and its audiences have been conceptualised and investigated within Social Science and Communications research. Examples might include empirical approaches to early film and radio research, and the development of policy in emergent media forms.
School: School of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 30
Subject Co-ordinator: John Benson
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Enrolment in a Masters by coursework
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Students will develop an understanding of selected critical approaches to media and communication studies
- Activities:
- Students will read selected works of media and communication theory and commentary upon these theories
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Writing(Writing)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
02. Students critically examine selected theories of communication and media
- Activities:
- Students will work in a team to present a critical seminar on a particular approach to communication and media
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Speaking(Speaking)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
03. Students examine of one approach of their choice selected from a prescribed list
- Activities:
- Students produce an extended piece of writing about their selected critical approach to c0mmunication or media
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Writing(Writing)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)