Undergraduate - UnitATS3714 - Media, technology and society

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Sociology
Offered	Not offered in 2013
Coordinator(s)	Mark Davis

Notes

Previously coded SCY3021

Synopsis

Media, Technology and Society will examine contemporary broadcast and network media and the implications these have for identity, relationships, communities and governments. The unit adopts strategies of critical inquiry and research to examine: media forms such as print, film, television, the internet, mobile telephony; the social networking properties of the new media; surveillance media; and debates concerning critical media literacy, bias in the news and censorship. The unit will be of interest to any student wishing to explore social theory and research addressing contemporary media forms.

Outcomes

All students completing this unit will be able to:

Identify and describe key theories and research approaches used to address broadcast and network media
Discuss the contribution of various theoretical and research perspectives regarding the social aspects of broadcast and network media
Apply critical arguments and research perspectives to the analysis of media examples
Identify implications for public policy regarding media governance

In addition, students taking the unit at level three will be able to:

Evaluate the contribution of theoretical and research perspectives regarding the media
Identify implications for social inquiry regarding the media.

Assessment

Report (1000 words): 25%
In class test (1 hour): 25%
Essay (2500 words): 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Sandy Ross

Contact hours

2 hour Seminar per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Sociology
Communications

Prerequisites

A first-year sequence in Sociology or permission

Prohibitions

ATS2714