UnitLevel 2Undergraduate

ATS2784 News and power

Faculty of Arts

ATS2784 News and power is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2020
Semester 2
Caulfield
Assessment
No exam
4 tasks
Workload
144 hours
per semester

This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before ATS2784

No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.

After ATS2784

No unit lists ATS2784 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of first-year Arts units. It is highly recommended that students only take this unit after they have completed two first-year level units in Journalism.

Overview

This unit provides students with an opportunity for a critical engagement with contemporary scholarship on the sociology and political economy of news production; news organisations and practices in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors; news media formats and representation. It asks students to think critically about industrial and post-industrial news media; journalism, public relations and politics; journalism and social diversity; journalism and the public sphere; technologies, time and space in news media. The unit takes a comparative approach to historical and geographical contexts.

Offerings in 2020

Teaching periodCampusMode
Second semesterCaulfieldOn campus

Assessment

  • Assessment One: Reflective Essay
    20%
  • Assessment Two: Methodology Review: Content Analysis
    25%
  • Assessment Three: In-class Presentation and Research Essay Plan
    15%
  • Assessment Four: Research essay
    40%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Demonstrate a satisfactory knowledge and capacity to make effective usage of the academic literature in the sociology and political economy of journalism;

  2. 2

    Demonstrate an ability to research, discuss and analyse issues in a clear, concise and rigorous way;

  3. 3

    Collaborate constructively with fellow students in learning and discussion processes, including online forums;

  4. 4

    Produce their written work to deadline making effective use of the conventions of scholarly presentation(references, bibliography, etc);

  5. 5

    Work independently and in groups to achieve their learning outcomes;

  6. 6

    Demonstrate a critical awareness of the strengths, limitations and socio-professional implications of scholarly practice in journalism studies.

Workload and teaching

  • Tutorials24 hours
  • Seminars12 hours
  • Lectures12 hours

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

ATS2784 is part of 6 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Dr Stephanie Brookes
Chief Examiners
Dr Stephanie Brookes

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for ATS2784?

ATS2784 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is ATS2784 offered?

In 2020, ATS2784 runs in Semester 2 at Caulfield.

How much work is ATS2784?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does ATS2784 have an exam?

No. ATS2784 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.

Which majors and minors include ATS2784?

ATS2784 is part of Communications and media studies; Journalism; and Media.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
2
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Organisational unit
Journalism
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 1
Study abroad
Not available