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CMM2102 Media and Nation
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ARTS
Credit Points: 15
 
Description:
This unit examines the ways in which national identity is promoted through media institutions. It will address institutions such as the Australian Film Commission, Australian Broadcasting Authority, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Film Financing Corporation, SBS, Triple J, the telephone system in Australia, and the National Film and Sound Archive, in order to discover the importance placed on this concept, different understandings of national identity, and the problems and exclusions of such a concept.

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This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets
MIMEDMedia and Cultural Studies Minor
 
 
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 30/04/2009 VET: 30/04/2009