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MECO6920: Reading Magazines
2024 unit information
This unit celebrates magazines as an important but often overlooked part of Australian print and digital culture. Starting with an overview of the history of print culture in Australia and the role of iconic magazines like the Bulletin and Women's Weekly in constructing literary and popular culture, we then examine a cross-section of publications from 'little' literary magazines to fashion, gossip, sports, special-interest, custom and online magazines.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Media and Communications |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Corequisites:
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ENGL6970 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand the history of print culture in Australia
- LO2. articulate how magazines constitute an important part of Australian literary and popular culture
- LO3. construct a critical and rhetorical analysis of a (magazine) text and how it is constructed to appeal to a particular audience
- LO4. communicate arguments and ideas about print and digital culture effectively and articulately both in writing and verbally
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