Communication as a Field of Study

Course aim

To provide students with a thorough grounding in the contemporary study of communication as an interdisciplinary field of study.

Course content

Reading and critiquing a range of Australian, American, British and European communications, media and cultural studies journals, including identification and analysis of explicit and implicit agendas associated with different research traditions; relations between various areas within communication studies (eg organisational, mass and electronically mediated communication); selected current issues and trends (eg communication and the internet, globalisation).

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Admission to the D Com.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Essay, Learning log/Journal, Literature review

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.