Curriculum Information

This module examines the ways in which international relations of power are embedded in the production, transmission and negotiation of media information across the globe. Topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to, the following: television, radio and the daily press in a global context; the role of international news agencies; technological dependency and the geo-politics of information; the media imperialism debate; global news and international journalism; the role of the UN and UNESCO, from the MacBride Commission and the 'New World Information Order' to the World Summit on the Information Society; international media audiences; the western media's view of the developing world; the transnational media corporations; characteristics of the indigenous media in developing areas of the world; censorship and control in international perspective; the media and national identity; globalisation and the Internet. Indicative case study components include: 'Orientalism' and the media; Al-Jazeera and the media in the Middle East; the Latin American media and the telenovela; the media in sub-Saharan Africa; the 'Bollywood' phenomenon; community media in Australia.

Finally, this module: a) will adhere to, and engage with, all ethical considerations (as laid out in this document – see ‘H. Ethical Issues’, above); b) when and where appropriate, it will make full use of Faculty-wide teaching expertise and technical support in its endeavour to fully integrate practice with theory.