Courses Handbook 2008

308082 (v.1) Introduction to Media and Communication Studies 063


Area: Curtin Sarawak
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: An insight into a number of media and communication theories, concepts, models and methodologies, with a particular emphasis on Asian media. A wide range of media, including print, broadcast and the Internet, is examined to provide a comparative overviewof critical approaches used in studying and analysing the contemporary media-scape. Students develop an understanding of audiences, of the processes of communication, and the power of mass media in relation to society and culture.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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