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12881 (v.5) Media, Communication and Information 112 - The Critical Attitude



 

Area:

Department of Media and Information

Contact Hours:

3.0

Credits:

25.0

Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

12194 (v.5) Media, Communication and Information 111 - The Information Age or any previous version
AND
301065 (v.3) Media, Communication and Information 101 - Research and Presentation Skills or any previous version
Two modules, A World of Meanings and Unraveling Meanings. The first module introduces and explores the post-structuralist view of language, while the second module introduces and explores postmodern epistemology and the challenges that it poses for mediaand information professionals. The role of the self in this work on meaning and knowledge is considered. The self is both the locus of the critical attitude - the practitioner, the doer of critical reading and evaluation - but is, conceptually 'undone' or destabilised by the post-structuralist and postmodern approaches we take. Your critical attitude will be sharpened and refined and be tempered by a recognition of the problem of being a knowing subject, especially in professional employment in the fields of media/meaning and knowledge/information to which you are headed.


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2004Bentley CampusSemester 1Y Y
2004Bentley CampusSemester 2Y Y
2004Joondalup CampusSemester 1Y  
2004Joondalup CampusSemester 2Y  
2004Lim Kok Wing Inst MalaysiaSemester 1Y  
2004Lim Kok Wing Inst MalaysiaSemester 2Y  

Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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