Contemporary Media Theory
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
Prerequisites
50 Credit Points at level 2
Aims and objectives
这个单位公开学生关键的争论media theory by encouraging them to engage with the ideas of key media scholars. Students will consider how these ideas and theories may be applied to contemporary concerns.
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Critically engage with key media theories.
2. Explain the strengths and limitations of key approaches to apply the relevant concepts
3. Interrogate and adopt historical perspectives on media theory that recognise the continuities between early scholarship and contemporary turns.
4. Develop solutions to contemporary issues through research using media theories
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Critically engage with key media theories.
2. Explain the strengths and limitations of key approaches to apply the relevant concepts
3. Interrogate and adopt historical perspectives on media theory that recognise the continuities between early scholarship and contemporary turns.
4. Develop solutions to contemporary issues through research using media theories
Courses with unit
This unit will not be offered from 2018
BA-ARTS3 Bachelor of Arts
BA-ARTS3PROF Bachelor of Arts (Professional)BB-ARTBUS1 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business
BB-ARTSC Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
BB-LAWART Bachelor of Law/Bachelor of Arts
BA-MCMN Bachelor of Media and Communication
BB-HSCMCMN Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Media and Communication
BB-LAWMCMN* Bachelor of Laws/ Bachelor of Media and Communication
BA-MCMPROF Bachelor of Media and Communication (Professional)
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This unit will involve up to 150 hours of work including:
Type |
Hours per week |
Number of Weeks |
Total |
Face to Face Contact Lecture Tutorial |
2 1 |
12 12 |
24 12 |
Online Contact |
N/A |
||
Specified Learning Activities Readings |
3 |
12 |
36 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study, readings and assignment research |
6.5 |
12 |
78 |
TOTAL |
150 hours/12.5cp |
Assessment
Tasks and Details |
Individual or Group |
Weighting |
Unit Learning Outcomes that this assessment task relates to |
Critical analysis / provocation(students engage with assigned readings) |
Individual |
20% |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
Research proposal |
Individual |
40% |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
Research project |
Individual |
40% |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills:
• Analysis Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Communication Skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
• Analysis Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Communication Skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
Content
• Research frameworks and methodologies of media
• big data and data analytics in social research
• the nature of research proposals
• Surveillance media
• Locative media
• Research ethics
•影响理论
• Materiality and media
• Indigenous media
• Media, time and death
• Research Ethics
• big data and data analytics in social research
• the nature of research proposals
• Surveillance media
• Locative media
• Research ethics
•影响理论
• Materiality and media
• Indigenous media
• Media, time and death
• Research Ethics
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials will be made available in the Unit Outline.