School of Culture & Communication Media & Communications

Master of Arts (Global Media Communication)

FINAL INTAKE WAS 2007
The information below is taken from the Postgraduate Studies Catalogue page: Master of Arts (Global Media Communication).

Course Name Master of Arts
Course Code 102
Stream Name Master of Arts (Global Media Communication)
Stream Code GM
Year 2007
Course Description

The MA (Global Media Communication) provides students with advanced understanding of global media communication. Students will engage with contemporary trends and debates informing processes of media communications and globalisation. Throughout the program of study students may develop and apply a wide range of analytical skills and methods of analysis.

Course coordinator: David Nolan
Department: School of Culture and Communication

Generic Skills Gained / Objectives

Students who complete the MA Global Media Communication should be able to:

  • demonstrate an informed awareness of the changing international and global contexts of media communication and how these are currently being researched and studied;
  • demonstrate understanding of major positions of theory and debate informing the study of global media communication and be able to critically engage with these;
  • appraise and evaluate the role of method and methodology in media and communications research;
  • engage in applied study and sustained analysis of aspects of international and global media communication and present this in conformity to protocols of academic presentation and research practice;
  • critically reflect on current trends in global media communication and contending explanations of these with particular emphasis on questions of globalisation/localisation, identity, citizenship and media approached as public sphere(s).
Admission Requirements The minimum entry requirements are:

For the 200 point program:

  • an undergraduate degree in a cognate discipline at least at H2B (70%).
For the 150 point program:
  • an undergraduate degree in a cognate discipline at least at H2B (70%) and at least one year of documented relevant professional or work experience.

For the 100 point program:

  • an honours degree in a cognate discipline at least at H2B (70%)

or.

  • a postgraduate diploma in a cognate discipline at least at H2B (70%)
The Selection Committee may conduct interviews and tests and call for referee reports and employer references to elucidate any of the matters referred to above.
Undergraduate Degree Required YES
Offered Location
Duration 1- 2 years full-time / up to 4 years part-time1- 2 years full-time / up to 4 years part-time
Application Due Date

Course intake: February (semester one) and July (semester two).

Applications close: 31 October (February intake) and 31 May (July intake). Late applications may be accepted, subject to the availability of places.

Course intake: February (semester one) and July (semester two).

Applications close: 31 October (February intake) and 31 May (July intake). Late applications may be accepted, subject to the availability of places.

Special Notes
Course Stream Structure Description

200 point program

Duration: 2 years full-time / up to 4 years part-time

First 100 points:

  • eight subjects (8 x 12.5 points) of specified fourth-year level study (at least five Media and Communications core subjects and up to three optional subjects).

Second 100 points :

As for the 100 point program.

Total 200 points. Subjects are 12.5 points unless otherwise specified.

150 point program

Duration: 1.5 years full-time / up to 3 years part-time

First 50 points:

  • four subjects (4 x 12.5 points) of specified fourth-year level study (at least three Media and Communications core subjects).

Second 100 points :

As for the 100 point program.

Total 150 points. Subjects are 12.5 points unless otherwise specified.

100 point program

  • four 25 point core subjects
or
  • three 25 point core subjects and two 12.5 point optional subjects

or

  • three 25 point core subjects and one 25 point thesis subjects
Total 100 points. Subjects are 12.5 points unless otherwise specified.
Course Stream Subjects

200 point program

First 100 points:

Core subjects
Code Title Semester Credit Points
100-415 Journalism: Conflict and Society 1 12.5
100-416 Researching Audiences and Reception 1 12.5
100-417 Media and Everyday Life 1 12.5
100-418 Media Policy and Regulation 1 12.5
100-419 Public Relations and Corporate Power 2 12.5
100-420 Journalism: Practice and Theory 2 12.5

Optional subjects

Students can select up to three subjects from the following:
Code Title Semester Credit Points
106-402 Cultural Policy and Power 1 12.5
106-409 Stardom, Media, Culture 1 12.5
106-428 Media, Politics and Cultural Diaspora Not Offered 12.5
106-444 Global Culture: History and Theory Not Offered 12.5
106-474 The Contemporary Publishing Industry Semester 1 12.5
106-475 Business and Professional Communications Semester 1 12.5
106-477 Writing and Editing for Digital Media Semester 2 12.5
107-421 Contemporary Film Theory 1 12.5
107-429 Ethnographic and Documentary Cinema 2 12.5
110-431 Literature & Film in Contemporary China 1 12.5
121-545 Understanding Development Semester 1 12.5
166-413 Network Society 1 12.5
166-444 The Emerging World (Dis)Order 1 12.5
166-455 Managing Communications & the Media 1 12.5
166-485 Contemporary Sociological Theory 1 12.5
107-409 Indigenous Photography, New Media, Film Not Offered 12.5
107-414 Film, Censorship & The Media Semester 2 12.5
131-545 Writing and Making Histories Semester 1 12.5
100-506 Media Ethics Semester 2 12.5
100-507 Global Media Governance Semester 1 12.5
106-472 Writing Genealogies of Place 2 12.5
131-547 Rethinking Rights and Global Development Semester 2 12.5
131-471 Postcolonial and Indigenous Histories Not Offered 12.5
131-551 Representations of Gender Semester 2 12.5
131-534 Special Research Project Semester 1, Semester 2 12.5

Second 100 points:

As for the 100 point program.

100 point program

Two compulsory subjects

Code Title Semester Credit Points
100-570 Global Media: Theory and Research Semester 1, Semester 2 25
100-574 Global Crisis Reporting Semester 1 25

and

Code Title Semester Credit Points
100-571 Media Convergence and Digital Culture Semester 2 25
100-577 Strategic Political Communication Semester 2 25

or

Two compulsory subjects

Code Title Semester Credit Points
100-570 Global Media: Theory and Research Semester 1, Semester 2 25
100-574 Global Crisis Reporting Semester 1 25

and one of:

Code Title Semester Credit Points
100-571 Media Convergence and Digital Culture Semester 2 25
100-577 Strategic Political Communication Semester 2 25

Optional subjects:

Code Title Semester Credit Points
106-513 History of Books and Reading Semester 1 12.5
106-514 The Publishing Industry & Globalisation Semester 2 12.5
106-516 Advanced Editing for Digital Media Semester 1 12.5
110-553 Human Rights in Southeast Asia Semester 1 12.5
100-506 Media Ethics Semester 2 12.5
100-507 Global Media Governance Semester 1 12.5
102-511 Imaging Australian Spaces Semester 2 12.5

Thesis subjects*
Code Title Semester Credit Points
100-572 Minor Thesis- Media & Communications Semester 1, Semester 2 25
100-578 Minor Thesis - Media & Communications Semester 1, Semester 2 25

* Please note: Thesis subject 100-578 Minor Thesis - Media & Communication (25 points) is taken over 2 consecutive semesters (12.5 points in each semester). Subject 100-572 Minor Thesis - Media & Communication is taken in 1 semester only and is 25 points. Students are advised to consult Faculty staff before enrolling in a thesis subject.

Which scholarship can I apply for?
Faculty Name Arts
Faculty Code C
Area of Study Society and Culture
Area of Study Code 090000
CRICOS Code R
Research Course N
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