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 100-107 Asia-Pacific Media Systems

Note

Special entry conditions apply. Students must consult the media and communications program.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Stephanie Donald

Prerequisites

Usually 25 points of first year media and communications.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture and a 2-hour seminar per week

Subject Description

This subject introduces students to media systems in different countries across the Asia-Pacific region, such as Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and the Peoples Republic of China. It identifies the cultural, economic, legal and political parameters within which these systems are organised and regulated. It will pay attention to questions of media ownership, media policy including censorship, and the debate over Asian values in relation to media organisation. Transactions between the media and political values, objectives and institutions will also be examined. The subject will help students to gain a comparative understanding of differences between media environments across the region.

Assessment

Class participation and written work totalling 4000 words. Students must attend at least 70% of classes to be eligible for assessment.

Prescribed Texts

  • S Cunningham & E Jacka, Australian Television and International Mediascapes. Cambridge University Press, 1996.


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