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Year 1 Politics.
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 12.5 1st year
Coordinator: To be advised.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and one tutorial a week.
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should be able to:
- critically evaluate news and current affairs programs;
- assess the influence of different interests in political news;
- relate media policy to theories of political participation;
Content:
A critical study of television and newspaper reporting, stereotypes and media interests in Australia and the U. S. The subject asks questions concerning the extent to which mass media generate and control social and political agendas.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 4,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p149) : Next:166-108 | Prev:166-106
2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p160) : Next:166-108 | Prev:166-106
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: To be advised.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and one tutorial each week.
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should be able to:
- critically evaluate news and current affairs programs;
- assess the influence of different interests in political news;
- relate media policy to theories of political participation;
Content:
A critical study of television and newspaper reporting, stereotypes and media interests in Australia and the U. S. The subject asks questions concerning the extent to which mass media generate and control social and political agendas.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 4,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
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2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p160) : Next:166-108 | Prev:166-106
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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