6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL
Undergraduate - Unit
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Faculty
Organisational Unit
School of Media, Film and Journalism
Coordinator(s)
Unit guides
Notes
Students need to contact the Arts Student ServicesArts Student Services (http://future.arts.monash.edu/contact-arts/) desk to enrol in the unit.
Synopsis
The unit examines developments in media theory in response to new and changing media forms. Students are introduced to a range of theoretical approaches that have developed alongside the technologies they have sought to analyse and describe. These approaches form the foundation for the analysis of media and mass communication in all its components, including textual form and content, media industries, and associated issues of politics, power, discourse, culture and identity.
Outcomes
On successful completion of the unit, students should be able to:
- recognise, identify and describe the assumptions and arguments making up the theoretical approaches introduced in the unit;
- demonstrate a capacity to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to media and communication theory;
- demonstrate a capacity to analyse different media and media industries by applying different theoretical approaches.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 65% + Exam: 35%
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.
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Chief examiner(s)
This unit applies to the following area(s) of study
Prerequisites
Twelve credit points of first-year Arts units.
Prohibitions
ATS3450, COM2411, COM3411, GSC2411