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PAIS375 Media and Politics

Updated: 16 December 2008
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Online level Level C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites 12 cp in Asian Societies or International Relations or Political Science or any 24 cp or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions PAIS475 or PAIS575
Notes

offered in odd numbered years

Combined Units PAIS575 - Media and Politics
Coordinator(s) Andrew Brown (abrown2@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This multidisciplinary unit critically examines the relationship between mass media and contemporary processes of political and social change. Some of the topics covered will include: politics of the internet, media ownership, media, civil society and political space, and media and elections. Students will be introduced to these and other topics through the analysis of case studies from Australia and the Asia-Pacific.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Introduction to Media and Politics
ISBN: 9781412902625
Oates, S., Sage Publications 2008
Text refers to: Semester 1 , Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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