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News and Documentary Media - MEFT5102
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Media, Film and Theatre
 
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of English, Media and Performing Arts
 
 
Course Outline: http://media.arts.unsw.edu.au//
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 8
 
 
EFTSL: 0.167 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: Enrolment in plan MEFTES8225 or MEFTES5225
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Considers how news and documentary audi-visual media construct social knowledge and 'history'. Studies the manufacture of, and production constraints on television news in relation to school curricula dealing with news and current affairs. Considers the role of film in creating popular and historical memory using examples from recent film and television.

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