COM3409

Media Texts (6 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: TBA

Offered:
Gippsland Second semester 2004 (Day)
Gippsland Second semester 2004 (OCL)
Singapore Second semester 2004 (OCL)
Gippsland Second semester 2005 (Day)
Gippsland Second semester 2005 (OCL)
Singapore Second semester 2005 (OCL)

Synopsis:

Objectives: On successful completion of this unit students will have: 1) a strong understanding of a range of theories informing the analysis of media representations; 2) an ability to use these theories to conduct the analysis of media texts in both academic and journalistic contexts; 3) a developed capacity to analyse a range of compositional techniques in terms of how they may be deployed to produce specific social, conceptual and corporeal effects; 4) an awareness of the force of reading protocols and textual histories in directing both everyday and scholarly responses to media texts; 5) an applied understanding of the importance of cultural and communications theory for opening new possibilities in the everyday interpretation of media texts.

Assessment: Review (1000 words): 30% + Major essay (1500 words): 40% + Exam (2 hours): 30% + Third-year students will be required to demonstrate, in both assessment tasks, a stronger awareness of the theoretical concepts underpinning the anaysis of media presentations

Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week

Prerequisites: COM1010 and COM1020 or equivalents

Prohibitions: COM2409, GSC2409, GSC2413, GSC3409