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Media Forms - MDCM3000
Media, Film and Theatre

 
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of English, Media and Performing Arts
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: MDCM2001 or MDCM2003
 
 
Equivalent: MEFT3105
 
 
Excluded: MDCM3001
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

The relationship between changing media forms and their techno-cultural contexts is studied. Various social and theoretical explanations are given for these relationships. Students are encouraged to develop a critical perspective on the issues together with an appreciation of the way in which forms develop and function in society.


Learning Outcomes

Students will:
  • Develop critical reading and writing practices in relation to media forms and their social contexts
  • Develop a more complex context for their creative media practice in other media, allowing them perhaps to think differently about audio-visual video, networked media and other media forms and processes
  • Develop their own ideas about contemporary media developments
  • Encounter various social, historical and theoretical explanations for these developments
  • Gain a clearer understanding of the historical development of media forms and their role in contemporary life
  • Be able to give clear expression to their ideas about these media developments - in oral discussion and in writing, developing skills in both, and understanding both as forms of media production.

Assessment

  • Participation - 15%
  • Group tutorial presentation - 15%
  • Critical reading project (1200-1500 words) - 30%
  • Research report (2500-3000 words) - 40%

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