AMU3451 Freedom and control in the media
Faculty of Arts
AMU3451 Freedom and control in the media is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Malaysia. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Malaysia
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2024 entry.
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Requisites
Before AMU3451
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After AMU3451
No unit lists AMU3451 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of second-year Arts units.
Prohibition: ATS3451
Overview
This unit introduces students to key issues and debates about media regulation, freedom and control. Topics addressed include issues of media ownership, convergence, censorship and classification, globalisation and resistance, as well as democracy and the public sphere. Students will explore examples of policy frameworks that respond to these issues, as well as their implications and effects. The unit examines these policies in different sociocultural contexts, drawing upon material and case studies from the USA, Southeast Asia, and other relevant areas.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Malaysia | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Identify and explain the key rhetoric's informing media regulation and the ways in which they function within and through particular policy debates;
- 2
Analyse the historical development and contemporary application of regulatory procedures;
- 3
Discuss and evalute policy issues of ownership, globalisation, convergence, censorship and resistance;
- 4
Analyse media industries and their policy frameworks;
- 5
Conduct independent research using relevant academic and non-academic sources.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
AMU3451 is part of 4 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Mr Callum Gilmour
- Chief Examiners
- Mr Callum Gilmour
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for AMU3451?
AMU3451 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is AMU3451 offered?
In 2020, AMU3451 runs in Semester 1 at Malaysia.
How much work is AMU3451?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Which majors and minors include AMU3451?
AMU3451 is part of Communication and Global Asia.