CULT201-14S2 (C) Semester Two 2014

Media Audiences

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2014
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 October 2014

Description

How does our media consumption shape our opinions, actions, identities and lives? And how do audiences influence the production and circulation of media? This course will examine the relationship between audiences and media. We will discuss theory and research that represents audiences as passive consumers of media products, active decoders of media texts, and participants in interactive media production. The course will look at a broad range of media forms (such as television, radio, film, the Internet, social networking tools, and videogames), and content (including violence, reality television, romance novels, news, and political blogs). "Media Audiences" will encourage you to reflect on your own relationship with media, and to consider the broader contexts that shape your listening, viewing, reading, and interaction.

Prerequisites

COMS101 or COMS102.  Students without this prerequisite but with at least a B average in 60 points in relevant courses may enter the course with the approval of the Programme Coordinator.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Literature review 15 Aug 2014 20% 1500 words. The literature review is a form of essay that discusses and compares a range of literature of your choice. This literature will form the background reading for your ethnographic assignment.
Collaborative research report 13 Oct 2014 35% 3000-3500 words. We will discuss this process extensively in class, and there will be a lot of useful information on LEARN to help you.
Tutorial Attendance 5%
Final Exam 40%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $670.00

International fee $2,850.00

* 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 Humanities .

All CULT201 Occurrences

  • CULT201-14S1 (C) Semester One 2014 - Not Offered
  • CULT201-14S2 (C) Semester Two 2014
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