COMS306-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Media Communication in International Context

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

Description

The course sets out to provide a critical insight and analysis into the role of media in contemporary international contexts. Its focus is on political communication during conflicts and wars, as well as its contribution to international collaborations and cross-border and cross-culture dialogues. Through a series of in-depth case studies, the course provides a comprehensive review of the key concepts and theories on the media's impact on, and role in international political communication. This course includes group work with students in the course collaborating with students from different countries, and requires active in-class engagement. It has on-campus and distance options. It features internationally-recognised top experts as our guest speakers. Research, team work, international collaboration, creativity, writing, presentation and cross-cultural skills are among the core skills this course aims to advance.

Learning Outcomes

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Globally aware

Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

Any 30 points at 200 level from COMS or POLS, or
any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 09:00 - 11:00 Jack Erskine 101
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 11:00 - 12:00 James Logie 104
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 Psychology - Sociology 456
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 13 Oct
02 Wednesday 14:00 - 15:00 Karl Popper 508
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 13 Oct

Course Coordinator

Natalia Chaban

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Participation and Attendance 10% "tweet"-format reactions; to be posted in the LEARN Forum by 9am every Tuesday in Weeks 2,3,4,5,6, 7,8,9,10,11
Essay 30 Sep 2024 30% Essay #1: "Research Case Report"
Poster Presentation 10 Sep 2024 15% Poster presentation (individual)
Essay 2 10 Nov 2024 30% Essay #2: "Theoretical Essay"
Group Blog Post 27 Oct 2024 15% Group blog post

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,687.00

International fee $7,900.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All COMS306 Occurrences

  • COMS306-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024
  • COMS306-24S2 (D) Semester Two 2024 (Distance)