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MECO6926: International Media Practice
2024 unit information
This core unit in the Master of Media Practice introduces the foundations of comparative analysis to advance understanding of diverse media systems, cultures, patterns of thinking and practices beyond one’s own society. It aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills to become culturally-competent and influential media professionals, with expertise in producing and evaluating communication practices and processes across global South and global North settings. Students will investigate the transformation processes reconfiguring hierarchies of media visibility, attention, and power in digital, legacy and hybrid international media, and their implications for social inclusion/exclusion.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Media and Communications
| Code | MECO6926 |
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| Academic unit | Media and Communications |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand and discuss key definitions, topics and trends in international media coverage
- LO2. identify and understand changing contours of the global communication order
- LO3. analyse global news-flows and contra-flows, applying an historical perspective
- LO4. analyse and evaluate counter-narrative theory to support analysis of global issues confronting humanity
- LO5. demonstrate ability to select and present a topic for class discussion
- LO6. demonstrate ability to critically analyse similarities and differences in West and South news reporting
- LO7. demonstrate ability to create authentic counter-narratives on international media issues of concern to diversify global media dialogue
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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