308004 (v.1) Introduction to Visual Culture 061

Area:	Curtin Sarawak
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	3.0
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Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Structured to accommodate and foster the theoretical as well as the practical. Conveys a basic understanding of how visual culture is variously produced, circulated and consumed; within both the local and international context. The critical examination and analysis of diverse everyday visual media texts, from television, cinema, newspapers and magazines. Enables the investigation and identification of how powerful meanings and messages are constructed, represented and inscribed in visual texts. Interaction with visual media and the practice of communication processes, through the production of visual media texts in particular, further enhance familiarity with the language of contemporary visual culture.
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Field of Education:	100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Categorised *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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