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 2024 in Semester 2 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2024 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 2024 handbook.
Enrolment rules
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 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Assessment
- ReflectionAssignment20%
- Research ProjectProject25%
- PresentationResearch assignment15%
- Essay40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Demonstrate a satisfactory knowledge and capacity to make effective usage of the academic literature in the sociology and political economy of journalism;
- 2
Demonstrate an ability to research, discuss and analyse issues in a clear, concise and rigorous way;
- 3
Collaborate constructively with fellow students in learning and discussion processes, including online forums;
- 4
Produce their written work to deadline making effective use of the conventions of scholarly presentation(references, bibliography, etc);
- 5
Work independently and in groups to achieve their learning outcomes;
- 6
Demonstrate a critical awareness of the strengths, limitations and socio-professional implications of scholarly practice in journalism studies.
Workload and teaching
- Lectures12 hours
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachResearch activities
- 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.
This unit allows students to develop their research skills by engaging in structured inquiry using a systematic approach and discipline-specific methodologies.
This unit engages students in actively applying their knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
Where it fits
ATS2784 is part of 6 areas of study in the 2024 handbook.
- COMMUNIC05Level 2 and 3 elective unitsCommunications and media studiesNo reviews yet
- COMMUNIC06Level 2 and 3 elective unitsCommunications and media studiesNo reviews yet
- JOURNLSM08Additional Level 2 cornerstone unitJournalismNo reviews yet
- JOURNLSM12Level 2 and 3 unitsJournalismNo reviews yet
- JOURNLSM13You must complete one of the following unitsJournalismNo reviews yet
- MEDIA02Media elective listMediaNo reviews yet
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Emma Briant
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Emma Briant
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2784?
ATS2784 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS2784 offered?
In 2024, 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.