COM3413

Communications Industries and Policies (6 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: Dr Robert Briggs

Offered:
Gippsland First semester 2004 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2004 (OCL)
Malaysia First semester 2004 (Day)
Singapore First semester 2004 (OCL)

Synopsis: Contemporary media and communications industries are examined in their social, political, economic and organisational contexts. Examples from Australia, Singapore and Malaysia will be analysed in some detail. Global and local "forces" such as technological convergence, deregulation, globalisation and commercialisation are examined as historical ideas, and governments' policy responses to them charted. Students will examine recent developments in one of the media/communications industries as an individual research project.

Assessment: Essay (2500 words): 50%; + Examination (2 hours): 50%

Contact Hours: 2 hours per week (1-hour lecture, 1-hour tutorial)

Prerequisites: COM1010 and COM1020 or equivalents

Prohibitions: GSC3413, COM2413