301072 (v.3) Media Studies 312 - Globalisation and Convergence

Area:

Department of Media and Information

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

2.0

Seminar:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

12194 (v.5) Media, Communication and Information 111 - The Information Age or any previous version

Syllabus:

General contextual issues of convergence and globalisation, concentrating particularly on understanding the historical and theoretical contexts of globalisation. How globalisation and convergence have impacted on the realms of finance, the media and the social, paying particular attention to how various issues arising from the relationship of the global and the local are negotiated.

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit students will - Have a basic understanding of the major issues confronting the government, industries, business and individuals in the decision-making processes in relation to the convergence of media and the communication technologies and their subsequent tendency towards globalisation. Be able to undertake an extensive case study demonstrating how a particular country or society meets the challenges posed by globalisation and convergence in the fields of information, media and communication technologies.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Aninat, E, (2002), Surmounting the Challenges of Globalisation in Finance and Development, March pp 4-7. Appadurai, A, (2000), Grassroots globalisation and the Research Imagination, In Public Culture 12(1) pp 1-19. Appadurai, A., (1996), Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalisation. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press. Bello, W., Bullard, N., Malhotra, K. (2000) Global Finance: New Thinking on Regulating Speculative Capital Markets, London, Zed Books. Sun, W., (2002), Leaving China: Media, Migration and Transnational Imagination, Boulder, Rowman and Littlefield.

Unit Texts:

Media 312 Globalisation and Convergence Reader.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Assignment One - Reading Logs 30%, Assignment two - Seminar Presentation 25%. Assignment three - Essay 35%. Participation - in class discussion 10%. This is by grade/mark assessment.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y