Global Media: Theory and Research (MECM90020)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
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This subject provides students with advanced understanding of global and international media communication in the recent past and the contemporary world. The subject will encourage students to engage with empirical case study materials concerning key aspects of global media performance, industries, texts and audiences and their contribution to wider processes of transformation and change: economic, political, social, cultural. Developments in contemporary media theory and methodologies deployed in the analysis of global media will be addressed throughout. As well as providing a coherent overview of past research and theoretical trajectories in respect of international and global communications, the subject will also equip students to engage with current debates centring on questions of globalisation/localisation, identity and citizenship and such media approaches as "public sphere(s)".
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete this subject will be to:
- demonstrate an informed understanding of the changing international context of media communication and selected major research studies;
- critically engage with major theoretical frameworks, concepts and debates deployed in the academic analysis of globalisation and international media communication;
- evaluate the role of methods and methodology in international media communication research and how these inform the production of knowledge; and
- reflect on past and present trends in global media communications and how these relate to contemporary questions of mediated identity, citizenship and international public sphere(s).
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- A 2,500-word essay (50%), due mid-semester.
- A 2,500-word case study (50%), due during the examination period.
- Hurdle: Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% of classes in order to pass this subject and regular class participation is expected.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Ingrid Volkmer Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 hours: a 1-hour lecture and a 1-hour seminar per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Email: ivolkmer@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Specialisation (formal) Graduate Certificate in Arts - Media and Communications Informal specialisation 200 Point Master of Global Media Communication Informal specialisation Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) - Media and Communications Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Global Media Communication Informal specialisation Graduate Certificate in Arts (Advanced) - Media and Communications Specialisation (formal) Graduate Diploma in Arts - Media and Communications Specialisation (formal) Media and Communications Specialisation (formal) Media and Communications Informal specialisation Media and Communications Informal specialisation 100 Point Master of Global Media Communication Specialisation (formal) Media and Communications - Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
Last updated: 3 November 2022