Undergraduate - UnitATS3897 - Borderless media in East Asia

On successful completion of this unit students will:

1. have been exposed to, and have a competent understanding of, contemporary cultural developments in East Asia that reflect transnational cultural flows;
2. have acquired an informed understanding of the role of media in the rapidly developing societies of East Asia;
3. (for language students) have consolidated their skills in listening comprehension and translation as they access a variety of Asian media;
4. (for media studies students) have obtained in-depth consolidation of intercultural understanding;
5. have come to understand the way social reality is shaped by the New Media in Asian societies, especially in comparison with media production and consumption in Australia;
6. students undertaking the unit at third year level will be expected to demonstrate a more sophisticated grasp of the key theoretical concepts, a wider breath of reading at secondary level. They will be expected to assume a leadership role in tutorial discussion, and will be required to append annotated bibliographies to all written work. They will also be expected to demonstrate a higher level of understanding of the material through their assessment.