Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor and Lecturer
Stefan Solomon
Building 10HA, Room 152
By appointment
Tutor
Meenaatchi Saverimuttu
Tutor
Alison Walker
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Pre-requisite 40cp at 1000 level or above
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Did you know that the consumption of streaming video is responsible for the majority of global internet usage today? In recent times, the remarkable prominence of streaming media has changed the way we engage with online spaces, and how we understand and experience other media such as radio and film. This unit focuses in particular on the rise of streaming television, analysing the production and consumption of moving image content on the web and on purpose-built streaming platforms like Netflix. By considering questions of genre, industrial practice, policy and platform specificity, we will explore the various dimensions of television as we now know it, and will examine some of the unique changes that the medium has undergone in our lifetime. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Submission methods: All assessment items are submitted via the Turnitin links on iLearn.
Special Consideration: If you have experienced an unavoidable and serious disruption and are unable to complete a task by the due date, please request Special Consideration via ask.mq.edu.au. There is more information about the Special Consideration process at this link here.
Late Submission: Please note that the University and the Faculty of Arts have launched a new assessment policy effective as of 1 July 2021. This new policy particularly affects LATE SUBMISSION OF ASSESSMENTS.
The Faculty policy in relation to late assessment submissions is as follows:
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – 10 marks out of 100 credit will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted seven days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests, etc.
To be very clear:
Unless you have applied for special consideration and had your application approved, for each day your assignment is late, 10 marks will be deducted. For example, if you submit your assignment 7 days late, 70 marks will be deducted, which means you will fail that assignment.
If your assignment is more than 7 days late (including weekends), you will get 0 marks for your assignment.
These are serious penalties that will substantially alter your final grade and even determine whether you pass or fail this unit. Please make every effort to submit your assignment by the due date.
If you find you cannot submit your assignment on time, please apply for Special Consideration through AskMQ. Make sure you read Macquarie University's policy regarding Special Consideration requests before you apply: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/special-consideration
Grades: In line with the Macquarie University Assessment Policy, grades for this unit align with these grade descriptors.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Television Log and Analysis | 40% | No | 23:00 on 29/4/2022 |
Research Essay | 60% | No | 23:00 on 3/6/2022 |
Assessment Type 1: Log book
Indicative Time on Task 2: 50 hours
Due: 23:00 on 29/4/2022
Weighting: 40%
Students will log their television watching and analyse the components of each show.
Please refer to iLearn for further information.
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 50 hours
Due: 23:00 on 3/6/2022
Weighting: 60%
Students are required to research and comprehensively reference a written essay.
Please refer to iLearn for further information.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Lectures
Lectures will take place each Tuesday from 11AM-12PM in the T5 Theatre at 14 Sir Christopher Ondaatje Ave. These lectures will also be live streamed, and recorded and uploaded to Echo360 on the same day.
Tutorials
Tutorials are available both online and face-to-face, and begin in Week 2. Please note, you must attend the tutorial you are enrolled in. If you wish to change your tutorial time you can do so via eStudent. Your tutor/lecturer will not be able to change your tutorial enrolment. Do not turn up to a tutorial in which you are not enrolled. We cannot accept extra students into a fully enrolled tutorial. Students are required to prepare for tutorials by having attended or viewed the lecture, having viewed the required screenings, and having completed the week’s readings and prepared questions and notes.
Please note, too, that only students who are enrolled in the online offering of the unit may attend online classes.
Please consult the MQ timetable for up to date timetabling of lectures and tutorials.
Required Screenings
Each week there are one or more television episodes required for viewing. While some of these episodes will be made available through portals offered by the Macquarie University library, or on free streaming services available in Australia, the majority of the focus for this unit will be on the streaming service Netflix. For this reason, students will be required to access screenings on Netflix throughout the semester. A subscription to Netflix is free for the first month, and $10.99 for each following month; the total cost of subscription for this unit will be $22.
Required and Recommended Readings
All readings will be available online through the Leganto link on iLearn. There is a list of further recommended reading for each topic - please refer to iLearn.
MODULE 1: THE NETFLIX MODEL
Week 1: What was Television?
Week 2: Going Online
Week 3: Programming and the Algorithm
MODULE 2: AUDIENCES AND REPRESENTATION
Week 4: Audiences and the Cultural Forum
Week 5: Representing Diversity
Week 6: Representing Sexuality
SEMESTER BREAK APRIL 2-18
MODULE 3: FORMS AND GENRES
Week 7: Quality TV
Week 8: Miniseries
Week 9: Global TV
Week 10: Docuseries and Reality TV
Week 11: Animation
Week 12: Where to from here?
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Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/admin/other-resources/student-conduct
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At Macquarie, we believe academic integrity – honesty, respect, trust, responsibility, fairness and courage – is at the core of learning, teaching and research. We recognise that meeting the expectations required to complete your assessments can be challenging. So, we offer you a range of resources and services to help you reach your potential, including free online writing and maths support, academic skills development and wellbeing consultations.
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Unit information based on version 2022.02 of the Handbook