760-220 Telemedia

Formerly available as 760-322 and 760-220 Impact of the Media. Students who have completed 760-322 and 760-220 Impact of the Media are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

12.5 points of first year media arts theory.

This subject is an introduction to the study of television and its cultural impact as one of the most recent and significant (in terms of its scope and influence) creative art-forms. It explores topics such as theories of mass media (in respect of production, circulation and consumption); genre; ideological critique; textual reception; issues of content regulation and censorship; postmodernism; and television's convergence with newer media technologies such as 'cable' and the internet.

• demonstrate sound and independent critical and ethical thinking in their choice of materials and processes;

• be able to present written and oral communication to a professional standard regarding their treatment and material choices.

Assignments totalling 4000 words comprising of an essay of 2000 words 50% (due mid semester) and an essay of 2000 words 50% (due at end of semester).