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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Representation and Interpretation

  • Unit Code

    CCA1102

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit looks at the ways in which contemporary culture is constructed and the ways in which its meanings can be revealed. A history of communication and its texts, images and objects is established, drawing particular attention to the transition from analogue to digital communication. The lecture programme develops a range of critical methodologies necessary for cultural analysis.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply concepts of communication theory to cultural images, objects and texts.
  2. Describe ideological structures and their impact on the production and consumption of culture.
  3. Discuss the idea of reflexivity in relation to individual cultural practices.
  4. Identify the relationships between form, content and context.

Unit Content

  1. Reflexivity and the role it plays in the production and consumption of culture.
  2. The development of digital technology and its consequences.
  3. The history of globalised culture.
  4. The processes and terms of communication theories and their function in critical analysis.
  5. The processes and terms of critical thinking.
  6. The relationship between form, content and context and its connection with ideology.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and Tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
JournalJournal50%
EssayEssay50%

Text References

  • Lutterbie, J. (1997). Hearing voices: Modern drama and the problem of subjectivity. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
  • Jarvis, S. (1998) Adorno: A critical introduction. Cambridge: Polity Press.
  • Hawkes, D. (2003). Ideology. New York: Routledge.
  • Honneth, A. (Ed.) (1991). Communicative action: Essays on Jurgen Habermas's The theory of communicative action. Cambridge: Polity.
  • Adorno, T. (1994). `The stars down to earth? and other essays on the irrational in culture. New York: Routledge.
  • Fiske, J. (1990). Introduction to communication studies. London: Routledge.
  • Dainton, M., & Zelley, E. (2005). Applying communication theory for professional life: a practical introduction. California: Sage.
  • Cubitt, S. (1998). Digital aesthetics. London: Sage.
  • Barrett, E. (ed) (1995). Contextual media: Multimedia and interpretation. Cambridge, Mass: M.I.T. Press.
  • Giddens, A (1991). Self and society in the late modern age. Cambridge: Polity.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Representation and Interpretation

  • Unit Code

    CCA1102

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit looks at the ways in which contemporary culture is constructed and the ways in which its meanings can be revealed. A history of communication and its texts, images and objects is established, drawing particular attention to the transition from analogue to digital communication. The lecture programme develops a range of critical methodologies necessary for cultural analysis.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply concepts of communication theory to cultural images, objects and texts.
  2. Describe ideological structures and their impact on the production and consumption of culture.
  3. Discuss the idea of reflexivity in relation to individual cultural practices.
  4. Identify the relationships between form, content and context.

Unit Content

  1. Reflexivity and the role it plays in the production and consumption of culture.
  2. The development of digital technology and its consequences.
  3. The history of globalised culture.
  4. The processes and terms of communication theories and their function in critical analysis.
  5. The processes and terms of critical thinking.
  6. The relationship between form, content and context and its connection with ideology.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and Tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
JournalJournal50%
EssayEssay50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
JournalJournal50%
EssayEssay50%

Text References

  • Lutterbie, J. (1997). Hearing voices: Modern drama and the problem of subjectivity. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
  • Jarvis, S. (1998). Adorno: A critical introduction. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Polity Press.
  • Hawkes, D. (2003). Ideology. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Honneth, A. (Ed.). (1991). Communicative action: Essays on Jurgen Habermas's The theory of communicative action. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Polity.
  • Adorno, T. (1994). The stars down to earth, and other essays on the irrational in culture. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Fiske, J. (1990). Introduction to communication studies. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
  • Dainton, M., & Zelley, E. (2005). Applying communication theory for professional life: a practical introduction. CA: Sage.
  • Cubitt, S. (1998). Digital aesthetics. London, United Kingdom: Sage.
  • Barrett, E. (Ed.). (1995). Contextual media: Multimedia and interpretation. Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press.
  • Giddens, A. (1991). Self and society in the late modern age. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Polity.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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