GSC1402

Media studies

Ms Leanne White

6 points - 3 hours per week plus occasional extra hour for screenings and presentations - Second semester - Berwick, Peninsula

Objectives On successful completion of this subject students will be able to: demonstrate an historical appreciation of the impact of various media technologies on social relations and a critical appreciation of the economic and political forces at work in the practices of the mass communication media; recognise and be able to apply some of the critical strategies available for understanding different kinds of media texts; analyse various media texts according to a diverse range of criteria.

Synopsis This subject introduces students to methods for evaluating and critically analysing media texts. Attention will be paid to selected aspects of media production but the primary emphasis of this subject is on the social role of the mass media and on the critical interpretation of its messages. Areas of study include photography, advertising, television and television genres, news and film. Readings of selected examples of these will draw attention to the historical circumstances of developing media technologies and the ways that social, political and economic life are represented in various media genres. Students will be introduced to methods for evaluating and critically analysing media texts.

Assessment Two essays (2500 words total): 50% - Participation/presentation: 10% - Examination (2 hours): 40%

Prescribed texts

Cunningham S and Turner G (eds) The media in Australia: industries, texts, audiences Allen and Unwin, 1997

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GSC1402

Media studies

Neil Hanley

6 points - Second semester - 3 hours per week plus occasional extra hour for screenings and presentations - Gippsland, Peninsula and distance

Objectives On successful completion of this subject students will be able to demonstrate an historical appreciation of the impact of various media technologies on social relations and a critical appreciation of the economic and political forces at work in the practices of mass communications media; recognise and be able to apply some of the critical strategies available for understanding different kinds of media texts; analyse various media texts according to a diverse range of criteria.

SynopsisThis subject introduces students to methods of evaluating and critically analysing media texts. Attention will be paid to selected aspects of media production but the primary emphasis of this subject is on the social role of the mass media and on the critical interpretation of its messages. Areas of study include photography, advertising, television and television genres, news and film. Readings of selected examples of these will draw attention to the historical circumstances of developing media technologies and the ways that social, political and economic life are represented in various media genres. Students will be introduced to methods for evaluating and critically analysing media texts.

Assessment Two essays (2500 words): 50% - Journal (distance) or participation/ presentation (Gippsland): 10% Examination (2 hours): 40%

Prescribed texts

Cunningham S and Turner G (eds) The media in Australia: Industries, texts, audiences Allen and Unwin, 1997

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GSC1402

Media studies

Ms Leanne White

6 points - 3 hours per week plus occasional extra hour for screenings and presentations - Second semester - Berwick

Assessment Two essays (2500 words total): 50% - Participation/presentation: 10% - Examination (2 hours): 40%

Prescribed texts

Cunningham S and Turner G (eds) The media in Australia: industries, texts, audiences Allen and Unwin, 1997

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