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MAS203: News and Current Affairs |
This unit provides a critical analysis of news and current affairs across different media forms. Topics covered include news values, narrative, the Fourth Estate, the doctrine of objectivity, the public sphere, tabloid media and moral panics. An additional emphasis is on the roles of different media technologies in the global news environment and their possible uses in the future shaping of news and current affairs.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 2 |
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D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
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| Staff Contact: |
Dr Meikle |
| Prerequisites: |
6cp in MAS at 100 level at a grade of pass or higher
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| Offered By: |
Department of Media |
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