CONTEMPORARY CULTURE AND MEDIA

CONTEMPORARY CULTURE AND MEDIA 12.5 1st year Jodi Brooks. Second semester One 1-hour lecture and one 1.5-hour tutorial per week. Students who complete this subject successfully:

will have an introductory understanding of contemporary theories of representation;
will have an appreciation of the importance of media forms to contemporary culture;
will have a familiarity with the processes by which films and television programmes are constructed;
will have an understanding of how narrative (and anti-narrative) work in film and television;
will have acquired relevant research skills including use of the library, referencing and presentation of written work;
will be able to apply flexible reading strategies and writing practices to the material studied;
will have a background of relevant knowledge and methodologies, both critical and theoretical, on which to base further studies in English and Cultural Studies.

This subject offers an introduction to contemporary cultural studies by focusing on the media of film and television. It introduces students to basic theories of representation and provides ways of understanding the roles of various media forms in the constitution of contemporary culture through an examination of the various representational conventions of television, mainstream and avant-garde film. Written work of not more than 4,000 words. Students may produce an audio-visual presentation in lieu of any one essay with permission of the subject coordinator. Course reader available from the department Barthes R Image, Music, Text Fontana Bordwell D and Thompson K Film Art: An Introduction 4th ed McGraw Hill Cunningham S and Turner G eds The Media in Australia: Industries, Texts, Audiences Allen & Unwin O'Regan T Australian Television Culture Allen & Unwin CONTEMPORARY CULTURE AND MEDIA 12.5 1st year Jodi Brooks. Second semester A 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour tutorial per week Students who complete this subject successfully :

will have an introductory understanding of contemporary theories of representation;
will have an appreciation of the importance of media forms to contemporary culture;
will have a familiarity with the processes by which films and television programmes are constructed;
will have an understanding of how narrative (and anti-narrative) work in film and television;
will have acquired relevant research skills including use of the library, referencing and presentation of written work;
will be able to apply flexible reading strategies and writing practices to the material studied;
will have a background of relevant knowledge and methodologies, both critical and theoretical, on which to base further studies in English and Cultural Studies.

This subject offers an introduction to contemporary cultural studies by focusing on the media of film and television. It introduces students to basic theories of representation and provides ways of understanding the roles of various media forms in the constitution of contemporary culture through an examination of the various representational conventions of television, mainstream and avant-garde film. Written work of not more than 4,000 words. Students may produce an audio-visual presentation in lieu of any one essay with permission of the subject Coordinator. Course reader available from the department Barthes R Image, Music, Text Fontana. Bordwell D and Thompson K Film Art: An Introduction 4th ed McGraw Hill. Cunningham S and Turner G eds The Media in Australia: Industries, Texts, Audiences Allen & Unwin. O'Regan T Australian Television Culture Allen & Unwin. CONTEMPORARY CULTURE AND MEDIA 12.5 Jodi Brooks. Second semester. One 1-hour lecture and one 1.5-hour tutorial each week Students who complete this subject successfully :

will have an introductory understanding of contemporary theories of representation;
will have an appreciation of the importance of media forms to contemporary culture;
will have a familiarity with the processes by which films and television programmes are constructed;
will have an understanding of how narrative (and anti-narrative) work in film and television;
will have acquired relevant research skills including use of the library, referencing and presentation of written work;
will be able to apply flexible reading strategies and writing practices to the material studied; and
will have a background of relevant knowledge and methodologies, both critical and theoretical, on which to base further studies in English and Cultural Studies.