Understanding Popular Culture

Course aim

Students will develop an understanding of an array of popular culture sites and texts.

Course content

Understanding Popular Culture will expose students to an array of popular culture sites and texts. In so doing, it will offer an enhanced understanding of how the pleasure of engaging popular culture intersects with questions of gender, sexuality, race & ethnicity, class, age and other sources of making sense of culture and identity. Students will consider topics such as superheroes, social media & selfie culture, bogans, contemporary Aboriginal comedy, reality TV, manga, comics and the role of social networking platforms such as Snapchat, Instagram, Renren and online dating apps.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
Lecture	1 hours x 10 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 10 weeks
Film Screening	2 hours x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hour x 10 weeks
Lecture (online)	1 hour x 2 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 10 weeks
Film screening - online	2 hours x 10 weeks

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

Assessment

Annotated bibliography, Critical analysis, Essay

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4A)
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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.