Undergraduate - UnitAMU3810 - Understanding trends in global media

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	School of Arts and Social Sciences, Malaysia
Offered	Malaysia Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Ghislaine Lewis

Synopsis

This unit aims to provide a detailed exploration of emergent and dominant trends in the production, distribution and consumption of global media. It will contextualize key theoretical frameworks and media issues in order to obtain a critical insight into the trends and ruptures in globalising media forms.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the unit, students should be able to:

Develop an awareness of the major trends affecting the production and distribution of global media forms;
identify, observe and reflect on key issues involved in the reporting and news production at a global level;
Understand how there are different models of journalism and the tensions and possibilities of these models;
Work independently and collaboratively in learning and production processes, including on online forums;
Demonstrate an ability to set and meet deadlines;
Demonstrate an awareness of local, national and international people and events relevant to current issues and media studies;
Demonstrate a critical awareness of the capacities, limitations and socio-professional implications of journalistic practices globally.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.