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Media Publics - ARTS3872
Scientia

 
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Social Sciences
 
 
Course Outline: School of Social Sciences
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 24 units of credit in the Globalisation or Sociology and Anthropology streams
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 1 (more info)
 
 
Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Subject Area: Sociology and Anthropology
This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: Globalisation Studies

This course provides broad sociological and anthropological understandings of the media and theories of power and knowledge in the public sphere and social life. By introducing students to different ways of theorising media practices the course prepares students for key analysis of social and cultural relevance of media and emerging forms of popular culture. Topics are likely to include: the social relationship between 'public' and 'private' in the context of hyperpublicity, changing media devices and the role of social media; news making, film and visual culture; the relationship between revolutions in media technology and public debate; the changing relationship between publics, audiences and users; the role of media policy, institutions and regulation in shaping informed citizenship.

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