ATS2457 Crime, media and culture
Faculty of Arts
ATS2457 Crime, media and culture is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS2457
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS2457
No unit lists ATS2457 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of first-year Arts units. It is highly recommended that you only take this unit after you have completed two gateway units in Criminology, Communications or Behavioural studies.
Prohibition: ATS3457
Overview
Crime, Media and Culture examines the representation of crime in the media and its relationship to wider understandings of, and reactions to, crime and criminal justice. This subject uses key critical criminological, sociological and media theories to interpret the representation of crime in the media. Key areas covered include representations of class, gender and race in relation to crime, the symbiotic relationship between journalists and key actors within the criminal justice system, the relationship between the media and policy formulation and the importance of fictional representations in reflecting, reinforcing and shaping popular understandings of criminal justice and criminality.
Offerings in 2025
The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for ATS2457.
Assessment
- Online TestQuiz / Test20%
- EssayWritten40%
- MultimediaArtefact40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
identify key criminological approaches to the study of media representation;
- 2
formulate a well-structured and organised response to a question in writing;
- 3
organise and manage the collection of contemporary scholarship and data to inform written discussions;
- 4
communicate an evidence based analysis of dominant approaches to analysing the relationship between media representations and crime;
- 5
identify and synthesise the foundational and contemporary debates regarding the relationship between crime and the media.
Workload and teaching
- Lectures12 hours
- Workshops24 hours
- Teaching approachOnline learning
- Teaching approachActive learning
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. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Structured learning pathways provide clear signposts to nurture independent learning that is appropriate for this elective unit and well supported by invaluable learning resources including micro lectures.
Active learning engages your ability to apply theories and concepts that you have learned to the crime/media/culture nexus.
Where it fits
ATS2457 is part of 6 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.
- BEHVRSTD02Level 2 or 3 elective unitBehavioural studiesNo reviews yet
- BEHVRSTD01Level 2 and 3 elective unitsBehavioural StudiesNo reviews yet
- COMMUNIC05Level 2 and 3 elective unitsCommunications and media studiesNo reviews yet
- COMMUNIC06Level 2 and 3 elective unitsCommunications and media studiesNo reviews yet
- CRIMINOL06Level 2 and 3 elective unitsCriminologyNo reviews yet
- CRIMINOL09Level 2 and 3 elective unitsCriminologyNo reviews yet
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Naomi Pfitzner
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Naomi Pfitzner
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2457?
ATS2457 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS2457 offered?
ATS2457 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
How much work is ATS2457?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS2457 have an exam?
No. ATS2457 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS2457?
ATS2457 is part of Behavioural studies; Behavioural Studies; Communications and media studies; and Criminology.