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106-297 Modernity, Spectacle and the Popular Media | |
Note | Available as 106-397 at 3rd-year level. |
Credit Points | 16.7 2nd and 3rd year |
Semester | 1 |
Contact | One 1-hour lecture (plus occasional 1.5-hour screenings with lecture) and one 2-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject looks at both the history of popular media forms and how the popular media has been theorised and valued in the 20th century. Central to this subject is an examination of the history of the changing forms and sites of popular media spectacles, from early cinema through to new media technologies, from spirit photography to the computer generated image. Focusing on the development of film and photography in modernity and placing these cultural technologies in the context of the city crowd and commodity culture, students will examine the relationships between culture, technology, and aesthetic form by looking at specific case studies. |
Assessment | Written work of up to 5000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | Course reader available from the department. |
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