2009 Course Handbook
MAS221: 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: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 2 |
| When Offered: | D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Dr Graham Meikle |
| Prerequisites: | 12cp |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCWs: | MAS203 |
| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Media, Music and Cultural Studies |
Timetable Information
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