Master of Arts (Global Journalism)

Course 102-JG (2008)

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Year and Campus:	2008
Fees Information:	Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Level:	Graduate/Postgraduate

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Course Overview:	The MA (Global Journalism) provides students with advanced understanding of the practices and performance of contemporary global journalism. Students will engage with diverse theoretical approaches and case studies, and develop and apply a range of methods of analysis. Course coordinator: Dr David Nolan School of Culture and Communication Email: d.nolan@unimelb.edu.au
Objectives:	Students who complete the MA Global Journalism will be able to: demonstrate an informed awareness of the changing global and international contexts of media communication and journalist practices and how these are currently being researched and studied; demonstrate understanding of major positions of theory and debate informing journalism studies and be able to critically engage with these; appraise and evaluate the role of method and methodology in news and journalism research; engage in applied study and sustained analysis of aspects of journalism production, practice, representation and impact and present this in conformity to protocols of academic presentation and research practice; critically reflect on current trends in journalism practice and output and contending explanations of these with particular emphasis on questions of globalisation/localisation, convergence, identity, citizenship and media approached as public sphere(s).
Course Structure & Available Subjects:	200 point programDuration: 2 year full-time / up to 4 years part-timeFirst 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. A total of 200 points. Subjects are 12.5 points unless otherwise specified. 150 point programDuration: 1.5 year full-time / up to 3 years part-timeFirst 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. A total of 150 points. Subjects are 12.5 points unless otherwise specified. 100 point program Duration: 1 year full-time / up to 2 years part-time 50 points of compulsory 500 level subjects 50 points of core subjects or 50 points of compulsory 500 level subjects 37.5 points of core subjects one 12.5 point optional subject A total of 100 points. Subjects are 12.5 points unless otherwise specified.
Subject Options:	200 point programFirst 100 points :Core subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 100-415 Journalism: Conflict and Society Semester 1 12.50 100-416 Researching Audiences and Reception Semester 1 12.50 100-417 Media and Everyday Life Semester 1 12.50 100-418 Media Policy and Regulation Semester 1 12.50 100-419 Public Relations and Corporate Power Semester 2 12.50 100-420 Journalism: Practice and Theory Semester 2 12.50 100-422 Media Writing: Rhetoric and Practice Semester 2 12.50 Optional subjects Students can select up to three subjects from the following: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 106-402 Cultural Policy and Power Semester 1 12.50 106-404 Memory Cultures Semester 2 12.50 106-409 Celebrity Cultures Not offered in 2008 12.500 106-428 Media, Politics and Cultural Diaspora Not offered in 2008 12.500 106-444 Global Culture: History and Theory Not Offered 106-472 Genealogies of Place Semester 2 12.50 106-474 The Contemporary Publishing Industry Semester 1 12.50 106-475 Business and Professional Communications Semester 1 12.50 106-477 Writing and Editing for Digital Media Semester 2 12.50 107-409 Indigenous Photography, New Media, Film Not offered in 2008 12.50 107-414 Film, Censorship & The Media Semester 2 12.50 107-421 Contemporary Film Theory Semester 1 12.50 107-429 Ethnographic and Documentary Cinema 2 12.500 110-431 Literature & Film in Contemporary China Not Offered 121-545 Understanding Development Semester 1 12.50 131-471 Postcolonial and Indigenous Histories Semester 2 12.50 131-545 Writing and Making Histories 1 12.500 131-547 Rethinking Rights and Global Development Semester 2 12.50 131-551 Gender: Representations and Histories Semester 1 12.50 166-413 Communication and Governance Semester 1 12.50 166-444 The Emerging World (Dis)Order Semester 1 12.50 166-455 Managing Communications & the Media Not Offered 166-485 Contemporary Sociological Theory Not Offered 100-506 Media Ethics Not offered in 2008 12.500 100-507 Global Media Governance Not offered in 2008 12.50 Second 100 points: As for the 100 point program. 100 point program program Two compulsory subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 100-570 Global Media: Theory and Research Semester 2 25 100-574 Global Crisis Reporting Semester 1 25 and 50 points from the following core subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 100-571 Media Convergence and Digital Culture Semester 1 12.50 100-577 Strategic Political Communication Semester 1 25 100-506 Media Ethics Not offered in 2008 12.500 100-507 Global Media Governance Not offered in 2008 12.50 100-508 Mobility, Culture and Communication Semester 2 12.50 100-582 Media and Communications Thesis Semester 1, Semester 2 37.50 or 37.5 points from core subjects above plus one 12.5 point subject from optional list below Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 102-511 Imaging Australian Spaces Semester 2 12.50 106-513 History of Books and Reading Semester 1 12.50 106-514 The Publishing Industry & Globalisation Semester 2 12.50 106-516 Advanced Editing for Digital Media Semester 1 12.50 106-518 Print Production and Design Semester 1 12.50 110-553 Human Rights in Southeast Asia Semester 2 12.50
Entry Requirements:	1. The Selection Committee will evaluate the applicant's ability to pursue successfully the course using the following criteria - For the 200 point program • an undergraduate degree in a cognate discipline with a grade average of at least H2B (70%) in the relevant subjects, or equivalent. For the 150 point program • an undergraduate degree in a cognate discipline with a grade average of at least H2B (70%) in the relevant subjects and at least one year of full time documented relevant work experience, or equivalent. For the 100 point program • an honours degree in a cognate discipline with at least a H2B (70%), or equivalent; or • an undergraduate degree in a cognate discipline with a grade average of at least H2B (70%) in the relevant subjects and at least two years of full time documented relevant work experience, or equivalent. 2. The Selection Committee may conduct interviews or tests and may call for referee reports and employer references to elucidate any of the matters referred to above.
Core Participation Requirements:	For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry. It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability
Graduate Attributes:	None
Links to further information:	www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au

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