CU2112 - Media and Culture

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Arts & Social Sciences

This core subject in the Communication major is open to all interested students. It examines the concepts of 'media' and 'culture' and how they are integrated in various forms, practices and industries. Theoretical debates about the history and relationship of media and culture are studied, as well as the impact of globalization, and issues in communication rights and governance.

Learning Outcomes

• enhancement of skills in critical reading and written expression;
• knowledge of the impact of communications, including new media, on life-ways and culture in various contemporary contexts;
• understand practical and ethical issues associated with media in various global and local settings;
• understanding of major ideas, concepts and theoretical perspectives bearing on the interplay of media and culture.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to use and interpret different media;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to use a variety of media and methods to retrieve, analyse, evaluate, organise and present information.

Prerequisites:	CU1112
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	CU5112

Availabilities
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coord/Lect:	Dr Allison Craven.
Contact hours:	12 hours tutorials - External students are required to participate in online tutorials (in the form of discussion forums at set times for one hour each week on LearnJCU) (commencing week 2). In addition to participation, a weekly written submission in response to set reading material is required, and forms part of the assessment.
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); assignments (40%).
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coord/Lect:	Dr Allison Craven.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 12 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); assignments (40%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.