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| CMM4123 | Media and Social Context | ||
| SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ARTS | |||
| Credit Points: 15 | |||
| Description: | |||
| This unit introduces students to the main theories and methodologies for understanding and analysing a range of communications media in their social and cultural contexts. The unit considers theories and issues of representation in how media discourses construct ways of understanding the world and our place in it, within modernist, postmodernist and globalised contexts. Full Unit Outline | |||
This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets | |||
| SPAABQ | Mass Communication Area of Specialisation | ||
| SPAACL | Mass Communication Area of Specialisation | ||
| SPAABR | Media and Cultural Studies Area of Specialisation | ||
| SPAACM | Media and Cultural Studies Area of Specialisation | ||
| Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005) | |||
| For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website: | |||
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 15/03/2014 VET: 14/05/2014