Screen Media and Political Aesthetics (SCRN40009)
HonoursPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Overview
| Availability | Semester 1 |
|---|---|
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We live in a world mediated by screen technologies, and our lives are marked by radical transitions and advances in media To what extent have they altered reality and our perception and experience of it? This subject analyses the nature of current screen media, including film, computer game, television, internet and mobile technologies and it explores their genealogies and material and environmental impact. Following an interdisciplinary approach, this subject will study the history of various screen media, asking how they mediate human and non-human experience of the world. It will examine their relationship with their audiences and their links with science and commerce on the one hand and art, entertainment and illusion on the other. This subject will investigate the concepts of embodied technology and the technologized body in the context of public, private, technological and environmental mediation.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Assess the impact that screen media have in defining and mediating our interaction with the world around us
- Evaluate screen media such as television, film, the internet, and mobile media in their historical context
- Examine the impact that screen media have had and may have on the social sphere
- Study interpretative and theoretical models that have emerged in response to screen media and their histories
- Consider the following in relation to screen media: truth, beauty, public and private good, and the participation of technologies and ecologies in media aesthetics.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, student should gain the following generic skills:
- Be able to demonstrate a high level of written and oral communication skills, including conformity to academic protocols of presentation and research
- Be able to demonstrate a high level of competence in reading, synthesizing, and presenting to others the relevant historical and theoretical material
- Be able to present original research that includes reflection on their own learning.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
A seminar paper discussing the writing of a chosen topic selected by the student and based on weekly seminar topics
| During the teaching period | 40% |
An essay that critically examines the historical and theoretical responses to systems of perception that are technologically mediated
| During the examination period | 60% |
| Hurdle requirement: This subject has a minimum requirement of (or at least) 80% attendance at tutorials, seminars, or workshops. There is an expectation that students attend lectures, in person or via online delivery. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass this subject. For the purposes of meeting this hurdle requirement, each submitted assessment must be complete and constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task. (Complete not less than 50% of word count) | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Additional details
Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 2% per working day.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Duncan Caillard Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 56 hours: a 2-hour seminar and a 2.5 hour screening per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2023 to 28 May 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2023 Census date 31 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2023 Assessment period ends 23 June 2023 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
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Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Specialisation (formal) Screen Studies Specialisation (formal) Screen and Cultural Studies Specialisation (formal) Cultural Studies Informal specialisation PD-ARTS Screen Studies Specialisation (formal) Screen and Cultural Studies Specialisation (formal) Cultural Studies Informal specialisation PD-ARTS Cultural Studies - 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: 31 January 2024