Not offered in 1996. 16.7 2nd and 3rd years To be advised. 111-105. No more than four hours of lectures, tutorials, seminars and film screenings a week. Students completing this subject should:

• understand television in terms of different theories of the relationship between mass media and society;
• understand the historical development of television broadcasting in Australia;
• account for the differences between televisual and cinematic modes of address;
• differentiate between different genres in relation to the phenomenon of flow;

A study of television in Australia in the context of cultural nationalism and multiculturalism. Topics include: theories of media and society; televisual forms, genres and modes of address; audience ethnography; access and aboriginal broadcasting. Written work which may comprise class papers, essays or take-home examinations totalling 5,000 words. Tulloch J Turner G (eds) Australian Television: Programs, Pleasures and Politics Allen and Unwin Sydney 1989