Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer in Charge
Greg Levine
Contact via greg.levine@mqc.edu.au
City Campus
Contact lecturer
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit will prepare students for studies in media and communications studies at tertiary level. Students will develop skills in viewing, analysing and composing diverse media, including social media, new and online media, contemporary advertising, and recent forms of auditory and visual media.
Initially, students will focus on familiarizing themselves with different media industries and specific texts to help understand some of their features, how they are composed, and how they function within culture. In this context, students will then be asked to produce their own forms of media and encouraged to read, reflect and engage with the tools of contemporary media.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
The only exception to not sitting an in-class test or examination at the designated time or handing in an assessment on the due date is because of a serious or unavoidable disruption.
Students who miss a formal assessment held in class or a final examination due to a serious and unavoidable disruption which commenced after the start of the study period must lodge a Disruption to Studies Notification via ask.mq.edu.au within five (5) working days of the commencement of the disruption in order to apply for Special Consideration. The notification must be supported by appropriate evidence.
In submitting a Disruption to Studies Notification, a student is acknowledging that they may be required to undertake additional work. The time and date, deadline or format of any required extra assessable work as a result of a Disruption to Studies Notification is not negotiable. Further, in submitting a Disruption to Studies Notification, a student is agreeing to make themselves available so that they can complete any extra work as required.
Students will be advised of the outcome of their Disruption to Studies Application via ask.mq.edu.au.
Please refer to the Disruption to Studies Policy for further details.
To apply for an extension of time for submission of an assessment item, students must submit a notification of Disruptions to Studies via ask.mq.edu.au.
Grounds for extensions are usually serious illness, accident, disability, bereavement or other compassionate circumstances and must be substantiated with relevant evidence (e.g. professional authority form).
Late submissions without an approved extension will be penalised at a rate of 10% per day (weekend inclusive). This applies to assessments completed outside of class such as essays and assignments.
Final exams and final assessments typically take place in Week 13 and the first 3 days of week 14. Please note that you must pass the final exam or final assessment task in order to pass this unit.You are expected to present yourself for examination at the time and place designated in the Final Examination Timetable. Please note that no special consideration will be given to students who have booked flights out of the country prior to the conclusion of the examination period.
The Final Examination Timetable will be available in provisional form on the MQC Student Portal Noticeboard at https://student.mqc.edu.au/NoticeBoard.htm in approximately week 10 of this Session. You will have 1 week to give feedback to the Student Administration Manager should you have concerns or note any clashes in your final exam timetable. From week 12, you will also be able to view your personal final exam timetable via the MQC Student Portal.
The examination timetable is produced to provide the maximum number of students with the least number of consecutive examinations. It is not uncommon for students of Macquarie University at both the City and North Ryde Campuses to be required to sit two consecutive examinations. A maximum of three consecutive exams is also permitted (for example, two on one day, and one the following morning). However, no student is required to sit four consecutive exams and if any student discovers their examination timetable contains four consecutive exams, they should immediately contact the Student Administration Manager to have an exam rescheduled.
Prior to the examination period, you should ensure that you are familiar with the Examination Rules. You can find these under Exam Information on the MQC Student Portal Noticeboard. A breach in any of these rules will lead to disciplinary action being undertaken.
Students who miss a final exam or final assessment will be awarded a mark of 0 for the task and cannot pass the unit, except for cases where a Disruption to Studies Notification is lodged and a Special Consideration is awarded. Please note that in submitting a Disruption to Studies Notification, a student is acknowledging that they may be required to undertake additional work. The time and date, deadline or format of any required extra assessable work as a result of a Disruption to Studies Notification is not negotiable.
Supplementary final examinations are held during the scheduled Supplementary Final exam Period in the lead up to the subsequent teaching period.
Please note that results for supplementary exams may not be available until the conclusion of Week 2 of the subsequent teaching session and until supplementary results are released, continuing students may be prevented from enrolling in certain units in the subsequent teaching session.
Students in their final semester of study who undertake supplementary final exams should note that Formal Completion of the Foundation Program will not be possible until supplementary results are released and this may impact on their ability to enrol subsequent programs of study on time.
It is the responsibility of the student to retain a copy of any work submitted and produce another copy of all work submitted if requested. Copies should be retained until after the release of final results each Session.
In the event that a student is asked to produce another copy of work submitted and is unable to do so, they may be awarded zero (0) for that particular assessment task.
The University also reserves the right to request and retain the originals of any documentation/ evidence submitted to support notifications of disruptions to studies. Requests for original documentation will be sent to the applicant’s University email address within six (6) months of notification by the student. Students must retain all original documentation for the duration of this six (6) month period and must supply original documents to the University within ten (10) working days of such a request being made.
Students may be requested to submit assessments via Turnitin and in such instances any hard copies submitted without a Turnitin Report will not be marked.
Step by step guidance for Turnitin submissions can be found here. Should you experience any difficulties with Turnitin submission, please see a Lab Demonstrator in Lab 311 at MQC.
If you experience difficulties submitting through Turnitin on the due date, you must email your work in electronic format to your lecturer using the email address provided in the unit guide. Late submissions will be penalised at 10% per day.
This unit will use the following grading system:
Grade descriptors and other information concerning grading are contained in the Macquarie University Grading Policy which is available at: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html
To pass this unit, you must attempt all assessable components of the unit, pass the final assessment (Creative Media Project) and attain an overall mark of at least 50%. Failure to do so will result in an F (fail) grade being recorded.
Marks awarded for assessment items will also be available on the MQC Student Portal within fourteen (14) days of the due date. Typically you will also be able to collect your submitted assignments in this same timeframe.
If you wish to receive further feedback from your instructor, you should contact them directly using the contact details provided in this guide.
Students may seek general feedback about their performance in a unit up to 6 months following results release.
Foundation students may approach teaching staff for one-on-one help in one of three ways:
For all university related correspondence, students are required to use their official MQ student email account which may be accessed via the Macquarie University Student Portal. Enquiries from personal email accounts will not be replied to.
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Persuasive Text | 15% | Week 5 |
Blog | 25% | Week 8 |
Creative Media Project | 40% | Week 9 & 13 |
Participation | 20% | Ongoing |
Due: Week 5
Weighting: 15%
Students will prepare a persuasive or argument piece of writing (e.g. editorial, letter to the editor, newspaper or magazine article) which explores the nature and role of new and old media in today’s society.
This assessment must be submitted through Turnitin in iLearn. Step by step guidance for Turnitin submissions will be provided in class, instructions have been provided on iLearn and can also be found here. Should you experience any difficulties with Turnitin submission, please see a Lab Demonstrator in Lab 311 at MQC. Late submissions will be penalised at 10% per day.
Due: Week 8
Weighting: 25%
Students will produce 5-6 reflective and creative blog posts. Students will be asked to incorporate additional examples of media discussed in class so far, and explore the features of the chosen text(s) in detail. This assessment will be submitted in the form of an iLearn blog or a blog site selected by the student, but students must also submit their blog post text through Turnitin in iLearn.
Step by step guidance for Turnitin submissions will be provided in class, instructions have been provided on iLearn and can also be found here. Should you experience any difficulties with Turnitin submission, please see a Lab Demonstrator in Lab 311 at MQC. Late submissions will be penalised at 10% per day.
Due: Week 9 & 13
Weighting: 40%
For the creative project (30%), students will need to create a media production using a form of media (for example, it could be a film, blog, pinterest collection, wiki, newspaper or magazine article, radio podcast, new media artwork, etc.). Each individual or group will need to select a different form of media.
The production should be based on ideas drawn from one particular issue covered during the course, as selected by the lecturer.
The media project will need to demonstrate an understanding of the issue chosen from the course and a clear idea of the intended audience for the production.
A proposal (10%) will be submitted in Week 9, which will need to outline the following details:
The creative project must be submitted via iLearn in week 13 and then verbally presented to the class. Further instructions and marking criteria for this assessment will be provided in class and on iLearn. Late submissions will be penalised at 10% per day. Please note that you must pass the creative media project in order to pass this unit.
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 20%
Students will be assessed on participation in classes and activities throughout the semester. Participation will entail attendance, punctuality, contribution to class discussions, completion of set class and homework activities, asking and answering questions, and adhering to the MQC and Macquarie University Student Codes of Conduct. A comprehensive guide outlining Participation marking criteria will be provided on iLearn.
Weekly contact will be 5 hours consisting of a 2 hour lecture, a 2 hour tutorial and 1 hour consultation session.
During Lectures, new content will typically be presented and explained by the lecturer. During tutorials participants will have more opportunities to engage in discussion and activities.
In the one-hour consultation session, students will be given individual guidance and assistance with their assessment and homework tasks and assignments. This hour is also an opportunity for students to engage in independent research and reading related to the unit, complete additional tasks to extend their knowledge of the field or catch up on any work they have missed.
Attendance of all three sessions (lectures, tutorials and consultation sessions) is compulsory and students must attend at least one consultation session per week.
Timetables for lectures and tutorials as well as consultation sessions can be found on the Noticeboard on the City Campus Student Portal.
If any scheduled class falls on a public holiday a make-up lesson may be scheduled, usually on a Saturday. Where appropriate, the instructor may instead organise an online make-up lesson which would require students to access online learning materials and/or complete activities outside of class rather than attending a make-up lesson. Scheduled make-up days are noted in the Teaching Schedule and attendance is taken for both weekend and online make-up lessons.
This unit will consist of a mixture of theory concepts, practical activities, screenings and class discussions, during which students will be required to work independently as well as in small groups.
As this unit does not have a prescribed text, iLearn will be used to post lecture and tutorial materials, weekly readings as well as communicate with students, so it is expected that students will check this resource on a regular basis. It is expected that all students read in advance to ensure that they are well prepared for the content covered in each lecture.
The instructor may also provide students with a physical copy of a reader containing reference materials for in-class use, and students are expected not to make any notes on these readers. Readers must be returned to the lecturer at the conclusion of the lesson.
iLearn is Macquarie's online learning management systems. The following unit specific information will be available on the website:
Please note that you must enrol in a unit via eStudent in gain access to the unit in iLearn.
You are required to regularly check the website and use it as an information and resource centre to assist with your learning.
Ensure that when you have finished using the website, you log out. Failure to do so could allow unauthorised access to your account.
Please contact the IT helpdesk (Ph. 02 9850 4357) or lodge a ticket using OneHelp if you need assistance accessing iLearn.
Prescribed textbook(s):
There are no prescribed texts for this unit.
Students will be able to access weekly readings via iLearn. These readings should be downloaded before class each week and brought into class.
A reader may also be made available for students in certain lessons. Should you wish to borrow or copy texts from the given reader, or take the reader home with you, please consult your instructor. If you wish to purchase your own copy of the reader, you may do so from MQC reception on level 2. The cost is $5.
All prescribed textbooks for all Foundation Units will be made available to students to purchase at the Phillip Street Coop Bookshop. Students can view a full list of textbooks for all units on the Macquarie City Campus Student Portal Noticeboard athttps://student.mqc.edu.au/NoticeBoard.htm.
Technology Used and Required
Students will be required to make use of the internet, the university library catalogue, Web 2.0 tools, blogs, and other forms of online media. For assessment 2 (Blog) students may wish to create their own blog account in a public blog platform, or submit their posts to the blog created in iLearn.
Students will be given the opportunity to choose a technology to use for the final creative media project/assessment. For example, students may wish to make a video or a podcast. These resources will be provided by the campus. Microphones and headsets are available for loan to students at Reception and students may borrow a video camera MQC by emailing academic@city.mq.edu.au. Video-editing software has been made available in Lab 311.
In addition, students will be required to access iLearn on a regular basis to retrieve content, materials and assessment tasks, communicate with the lecturer and their peers as well as submit assessments.
A resource fact-sheet has also been made available on iLearn.
Week Beginning: |
Topic |
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Week 1 Mon 20 October |
Introduction What is Media Studies? What will we do in this subject? |
Activity: Group work to unpack ways of thinking about / experiences of / expectations of Media Studies. Download readings from iLearn |
Week 2 Mon 27 October |
Reinventing Traditional Media Forms 1: New forms of Television? This week is the first in a series of four weekly topics investigating the changing face of older media forms. This week we will examine the role of contemporary television. We will examine how television is attempting to ensure its survival alongside newer online media platforms. We will consider the changing face of television as it adopts new genres and adapts to new platforms. Topics will include the emergence of ‘Reality T.V.’, the impact of television on demand (ABC online and iView) and pay T.V., amongst other topics. |
Screening: Comparisons of clips from reality T.V. repurposed for different nations Activity: In-class group work activities in response to frame-by-frame clips showed in class. Group discussion Download readings from iLearn |
Week 3 Mon 3 November |
Reinventing Traditional Media Forms 2: Online radio/podcasts
This week will examine the role of public radio in contemporary culture. It will examine the role of public radio in everyday life. It will also examine the changing face of public radio as it adapts to new platforms, including online radio and podcasts.
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Podcast: This American Life (Public Radio, Chicago). Activity: Students examine the role of radio in continuing storytelling practices. Students will work in groups to prepare a radio story based on a series of short stories disseminated during class Download readings from iLearn |
Week 4 Mon 10 November |
Reinventing Traditional Media Forms 3: Newspapers and Magazines
This week we will examine the current crisis facing print news. Newspapers are no longer generating the revenue they once did. We will examine the role of contemporary newspapers in the context of online news forums as well as magazines and their counterparts in contemporary digital culture.
We will also consider the rise of tabloid journalism in contemporary newspapers and the role of new social medias (like pinterest) which challenge the relevance of magazines.
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Screening: TBA Activity: Close study of news stories and several magazine covers. Students will work in groups to undertake a close analysis of different news spreads and magazine covers and discuss the design techniques and marketing formulas applied.
Download readings from iLearn |
Week 5 Mon 17 November |
New Media 1: Creative Cultures. Art in a digital age This week will examine the blurring of boundaries between digital media and contemporary art. We will visit the Museum of Contemporary Art to investigate contemporary art practices that utilize new media.
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Activity: Students will complete an excursion study sheet whilst at the MCA and undertake other interactive activities and games in the museum relating to digital art. Download readings from iLearn
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Week 6 Mon 24 November |
New Media 2: Creative Cultures Online This week we will examine new media and the emergence of creative cultures online. We will examine the extent to which new media enable new forms of creativity, focusing on examples like ‘pinterest’, ‘youtube’ and ‘instagram’. |
Activity: Students will use pinterest to create a pin board showcasing new media. Download readings from iLearn |
Week 7 Mon 1 December |
Assessment Workshop: Blog and Creative Project This week we will revise material covered throughout the unit in preparation for assessments.
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Activity: Students will be provided the opportunity to receive feedback from the class on existing blog entries. |
Week 8 Mon 8 December |
Creative Media Project Students will commence discussions about themes and proposals for their Creative Media Project. A work in progress seminar will be conducted.
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Activity: Students will share ideas, research their proposed topics and forms of media and seek help for their projects from each other and from the instructor. Download readings from iLearn · Blog Posts due |
Week 9 Mon 15 December |
Advertising: Guerilla Advertising and Viral Marketing This week will examine new directions in advertising, as traditional forms of embedded advertising cease to have the impact they once had. We will consider the role of social media in contributing to new forms of guerilla advertising and viral marketing.
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Activity: Students will work in groups to create their own advertising campaign. Download readings from iLearn
· Proposal for Media Project due |
Week 10 Mon 22 December |
Independent Cinema in the New Media Milieu? This week will examine the role of new media in generating new forms of independent film-making outside of the dominant Hollywood industry. It will consider the extent to which Hollywood controls the production and distribution of the majority of film-making, and it will examine the extent to which independent forms of media are likely to emerge in the new media environment.
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Activity: Students will watch Tarnation, focusing on the film’s means of production and distribution.
Download readings from iLearn |
Week 11 Mon 5 January |
Social Media 1: Searching and Sharing This will be the first week on the role that social media plays in creating online communities. We will examine social medias like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube and Pinterest, in addition to search engines like Wikipedia and Google. We will examine the role of these media in opening up new forms of searching and sharing and we will examine some of the threats posed to these online communities.
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Screening: The Social Network Activity: Students will participate in a class debate
Download readings from iLearn |
Week 12 Mon 12 January |
Social Media 2: Is Social Media the New Mainstream Media? This week will examine the extent to which informal social media take on the role of the mainstream media in breaking news and shaping public opinion. We will examine key instances where social media have played a decisive role in informing the public. Examples include the role of Twitter and Facebook in the creation of the Arab Spring, and the role of Facebook in investigating the case of Jill Meagher’s murder. |
Activity: Students will undertake group work activities
Download readings from iLearn
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Week 13 Mon 19 January |
Video Games This week will examine some of the most popular video games, and it will examine key debates (both critical and celebratory) relating to gaming culture, including theories of user agency, media debates surrounding violence and addiction, and questions of creativity.
Conclusion Class celebration: Students present their Creative Media Projects to the class. |
Activity: Students will work in groups to create their own video game concepts, addressing some of the issues discussed in class.
Download readings from iLearn
· Creative Media Project and presentation due. Please note that you must pass the creative media project in order to pass this unit. |
Public holidays & make-up days New Year’s Day Make-up: Saturday 20 December (Please note that online lessons may be organised in lieu of make-up day). |
Session Break Thursday 25 December 2014 – Thursday 1 January 2015 inclusive |
Exam Period: Monday 19 January 2015 – Wednesday 28 January 2015 (Sat & Sun excluded) Please note all final exams will be held in the City Campus. |
Results Release: Session 3 2014 results are scheduled to be released to students via e-Student and MQC Student Portal on Friday 13 February 2015 |
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Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy.html
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Grievance Management Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grievance_management/policy.html
Disruption to Studies Policy http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html The Disruption to Studies Policy is effective from March 3 2014 and replaces the Special Consideration Policy.
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28/10/2014 | To pass this unit, you must attempt all assessable components of the unit, pass the final assessment (Creative Media Project) and attain an overall mark of at least 50%. Failure to do so will result in an F (fail) grade being recorded. |