Television and Video Cultures (MCC219)

Points: 

4

Enrolment Options: 

Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
KDUPJ: S1K-internal

[see Teaching Periods and Census Dates] 

Description: 

This unit examines the cultures which form around television and video technologies. It considers the rise to dominance of broadcast television and the contemporary transformations which are now displacing it. Students will gain an understanding of the distinctiveness of television and video as media and the social and economic forces which have shaped their development. Topics may include: music video, gendered performance in talk shows, reality television, home video and digital storytelling, interactive television and video-downloads.

Contact time: 

Lectures: 1 hour per week; screenings: 1 hour per week; tutorials: 1.5 hours per week.

Prerequisites: 

Nil.
Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.

Exclusions: 

Students who have completed COM211 Television and Popular Culture may not enrol in this unit for credit.

Notes: 

Graduate, Postgraduate and Honours students should enrol in the higher-level code for this unit.

Used in these Courses: 

Gender and Cultural Studies (BA)

Used in these Minors: 

Cultural Literacies

Television and Video Cultures (MCC519)

as for MCC219, except as follows

Points: 

4

Enrolment Options: 

Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

[see Teaching Periods and Census Dates] 

Prerequisites: 

Enrolment in an Honours, Graduate or Postgraduate course.
Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.

Exclusions: 

Students who have successfully completed MCC419 Television and Video Cultures may not enrol in this unit for credit.