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Media, culture, power: theories of mass communications

(ART)

Cathy Greenfield

8 points + Second semester + 1-hour lecture and 2-hour tutorial per week + Gippsland, distance + Prerequisites: GSC1901, GSC1402 or permission

Synopsis: Nineteenth and twentieth-century accounts of the relations between media, culture and power. Historically dominant political doctrines (liberal-democratic, conservative, marxist) and conceptualisations of society within which accounts of media have been framed. Different conceptions of /the individual0, /the people0 and /the public0. The governance of populations and the role of media in the formative guidance of people0s attributes, conduct and social relations.

Assessment: On-campus (essay one, 2500 words, 40%; essay two, 2900 words, 50%; oral communication contribution, 10%(: 100% + Distance (essay one, 2500 words, 40%; essay two, 2900 words, 50%; dossier work, 600 words, 10%): 100%