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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and Arts

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

    Media in Asia

  • Unit Code

    MST2150

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit provides an overview of the media in Asia but with a focus on China, India, Japan and Indonesia. In each country the introduction, development and regulation of the various media will be analysed within a postcolonial context through case studies. In addition significant issues such as censorship, press freedom, the development of values through the media, propaganda and globalisation will be examined in detail.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Assess the significance of globalisation for the Asian media.
  2. Collaborate and contribute to discussions related to cross-cultural issues presented in the media and the community.
  3. Construct a media profile and research essay related to a particular country.
  4. Develop a critical awareness of the major issues shaping the Asian mediascape.
  5. Identify significant developments in the Asian media.

Unit Content

  1. Cross-cultural and contemporary issues related to "Asian" identity and equity in the media and the community.
  2. Propaganda and the Asian values debate in East Asia.
  3. Research writing skills.
  4. Satellite television, transborder broadcasting and globalisation.
  5. The history of the major media forms in Indian, China, Japan and Indonesia.
  6. The social impact of the media in selected Asian countries and its cross-cultural influences.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, seminars, screenings.

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
AssignmentMedia report40%
AssignmentPresentation20%
ExaminationExamination40%

Text References

  • Birch D., Shirato, T., & Srivstava, S. (2001). Asia: Cultural politics in the global age. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
  • Kwok Wah Lau, J. (Ed.). (2003). Multiple modernities: Cinemas and popular media in transcultural Southeast Asia. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
  • McDaniel, D. (2002). Electronic tigers of Southeast Asia: The politics of media, technology and the national development. Ames: Iowa State University Press.
  • Ramanathan, S., & Becker, J. (Eds.). (2001). Internet in Asia. Singapore: Asia Media Information and Communication Centre.
  • Anderson, B. (1992). Imagined communities: Reflections on the origins and spread of nationalism. (2nd ed.). London: Verso.
  • Thomas, A. (2005). Imagi-nations and borderless television: Media, culture and politics across Asia. New Delhi: Sage Publications.
  • Zha, J. (1995). China pop: How soap operas, tabloids and bestsellers are changing a culture. New York: The New Press.
  • Kim, Y. (2012). Women and the Media in Asia New York: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Silverberg, M. (2006). Erotic grotesque nonsense: The mass cultural of Japanese modern time. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Journal References

  • Asian Journal of Communication
  • Far Eastern Econonmic Review
  • Journal of Communication
  • Media Asia
  • Media International Australia
  • Media, Culture and Society
  • Public Culture: Society for Transnational Cultuiral Studies
  • positions: east asian cultures critique
  • Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia
  • Visual Anthropology Review.
  • Southeast Asian Journal of Social Sciences

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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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and Arts

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

    Media in Asia

  • Unit Code

    MST2150

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit provides an overview of the media in Asia but with a focus on China, India, Japan and Indonesia. In each country the introduction, development and regulation of the various media will be analysed within a postcolonial context through case studies. In addition significant issues such as censorship, press freedom, the development of values through the media, propaganda and globalisation will be examined in detail.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Assess the significance of globalisation for the Asian media.
  2. Collaborate and contribute to discussions related to cross-cultural issues presented in the media and the community.
  3. Construct a media profile and research essay related to a particular country.
  4. Develop a critical awareness of the major issues shaping the Asian mediascape.
  5. Identify significant developments in the Asian media.

Unit Content

  1. Cross-cultural and contemporary issues related to "Asian" identity and equity in the media and the community.
  2. Propaganda and the Asian values debate in East Asia.
  3. Research writing skills.
  4. Satellite television, transborder broadcasting and globalisation.
  5. The history of the major media forms in Indian, China, Japan and Indonesia.
  6. The social impact of the media in selected Asian countries and its cross-cultural influences.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, seminars, screenings.

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
AssignmentMedia report40%
AssignmentPresentation20%
ExaminationExamination40%

Text References

  • Birch D., Shirato, T., & Srivstava, S. (2001). Asia: Cultural politics in the global age. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
  • Kwok Wah Lau, J. (Ed.). (2003). Multiple modernities: Cinemas and popular media in transcultural Southeast Asia. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
  • McDaniel, D. (2002). Electronic tigers of Southeast Asia: The politics of media, technology and the national development. Ames: Iowa State University Press.
  • Ramanathan, S., & Becker, J. (Eds.). (2001). Internet in Asia. Singapore: Asia Media Information and Communication Centre.
  • Anderson, B. (1992). Imagined communities: Reflections on the origins and spread of nationalism. (2nd ed.). London: Verso.
  • Thomas, A. (2005). Imagi-nations and borderless television: Media, culture and politics across Asia. New Delhi: Sage Publications.
  • Zha, J. (1995). China pop: How soap operas, tabloids and bestsellers are changing a culture. New York: The New Press.
  • Kim, Y. (2012). Women and the Media in Asia New York: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Silverberg, M. (2006). Erotic grotesque nonsense: The mass cultural of Japanese modern time. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Journal References

  • Asian Journal of Communication
  • Far Eastern Econonmic Review
  • Journal of Communication
  • Media Asia
  • Media International Australia
  • Media, Culture and Society
  • Public Culture: Society for Transnational Cultuiral Studies
  • positions: east asian cultures critique
  • Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia
  • Visual Anthropology Review.
  • Southeast Asian Journal of Social Sciences

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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