MECO1002 - Media and Communications Landscapes

Semester 2, 2013  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Penny O'Donnell
Phone: +61 2 9351 3896
Email: penny.odonnell@sydney.edu.au

Description

The unit introduces students to the key ideas, trends, organisations and institutional bodies that shape and define the 'landscape' in which media and communications practitioners operate. It offers students an opportunity to gain a foundational understanding of the media and communication field in Australia that will be important for placing professional work done in media and communications in a social, cultural, historical, economic and political context.

Assessments

1x1000wd essay (20%), 1x2000wd essay (40%), 1x2hr exam (40%)

Textbooks

Stuart Cunningham and Graeme Turner, (eds.), The Media and Communications in Australia, Third Edition, Allen and Unwin, 2010

Classes

1x1-hr lecture/week, 1x2-hr tutorial/week

Additional Information

available to BA (Media and Comm), BA (Media and Comm)/BLaws students only

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