Media, Modernities and the Everyday (6 points)
(ARTS)
Leader: Amanda Third
Offered:
Berwick Second semester 2004 (Day)
Berwick Second semester 2005 (Day)
Synopsis:
Objectives: Upon completion of this unit students will be able to: 1. Explain how the concept of power is not a static one, but is subject to the complex inter-relationships between institutions, modes of critical theory, media cultures of the everyday, communications media, and historical contingencies. 2. Understand that 'modernity' is not reducible to Enlightenment Europe, but is a series of socio-technical experiences across the world that have been uneven in their economic and cultural effects. 3. Critically examine the everyday as a locus of micropolitics articulated with communications media. 4. Critically examine and research historical and contemporary media culture formations in relation to different theoretical models of power. 5. Demonstrate how the everyday is an important dimension of analysis to understanding the historical process of uneven modernities.
Assessment: Tutorial presentation (1500 words): 30% + Research essay (3000 words): 70%
Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week
Prerequisites: COM1010 Media Studies and COM1020 Introduction to Communication Studies
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