GSC1402

Media studies

(ART)

Philip Dearman

6 points + Second semester + 3 hours per week plus occasional video screenings + Berwick, Peninsula, Malaysia, Gippsland, distance

Synopsis: Introduces techniques for describing and analysing the production, distribution and reception, as well as the formal properties, of media texts. Focuses on 'mass media' as a set of relationships between owners, producers, texts and audiences. Introduces these relationships in connection with studies of power and influence, focusing on particular dimensions of difference and inequality in social life. Areas of study include news production, textual analysis, media ownership and diversity, film form and sport.

Assessment: Internal students (minor essay 1000 words, 20%; major essay, 1500 words, 30%; tutorial presentation report, 500 words, 10%; examination, 2 hours, 40%): 100% + Distance education students (minor essay, 1000 words, 20%; major essay, 2000 words, 40%; examination, 2 hours, 40%): 100%