ATS2323 Media anthropology: Power, culture and representation
Faculty of Arts
ATS2323 Media anthropology: Power, culture and representation is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for ATS2323. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before ATS2323
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS2323
No unit lists ATS2323 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
The unit explores how media are adopted, adapted and made use of in different cultural contexts. Contemporary anthropologists understand sociocultural groups as strategic users of media technologies that contribute to ever more novel tools for political self-representation. Media are conceptualized in a broad sense, including traditional mainstream media, small and alternative media, as well as social media. The unit provides an overview of the history of and theories in media anthropology and the specific contributions it can make to the broader field of media studies. It covers topics such as politics of representation, news, nation-building, religion, conflict, indigeneity and media activism. In this unit, we deconstruct common notions of active media producers and passive media recipients and analyse how media practices influence social and cultural dynamics (and the other way around) and question or redefine established social convention.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for ATS2323.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Identify and critically engage with anthropology theories and concepts about use of media at every level of society;
- 2
Develop and adapt anthropological approaches and methods to analyse increasing mediatization;
- 3
Explain how culture shapes the adoption and adaption of a broad range of media;
- 4
Recognise and discuss media representations as political interventions and the role of media in political and community advocacy;
- 5
Read, think and respond reflectively and critically to global issues and challenges;
- 6
Utilise developing academic qualitative research skills to locate, link, critically analyse and communicate theory and evidence.
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
ATS2323 is part of 3 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Birgit Braeuchler
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Birgit Braeuchler
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2323?
ATS2323 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS2323 offered?
ATS2323 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
How much work is ATS2323?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Which majors and minors include ATS2323?
ATS2323 is part of Anthropology; and Indigenous cultures and histories.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 2
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts
- Organisational unit
- Anthropology
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 1
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020