• All assessment submissions must be done using TurnItin (text based) and the relevant clearly identified iLearn submission section (for media work, audio, video etc). Provide correct permissions for teacher to access anything submitted outside of iLearn. See information on iLearn for other media submission types or options where technical difficulties arise. In general paper or emailed submissions will not be accepted.  iLearn Student Guide on Assignments and Turnitin
• 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 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of‚ 0 (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue. This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic.

• MQ Policy: Academic Honesty Policy 

Delivery of unit

This unit will begin in WEEK 2 of the semester (i.e. on Wednesday 1 March 2023).  Sessions or classes will be held on Wednesdays, from 10-12pm Australian time with in person delivery on campus and online as a two-hour interactive seminar (same time as in person class or with added class times depending on numbers - see iLearn and Timetable updates). The seminar features illustrated lectures and interactive style material with guided inquiry, presentations, workshops where possible, small group activities and discussions. Classes are held in 10 HA Room 211 (Hadenfeld Ave Building), unless notified of a change. For all classroom information, please consult the MQU Timetable  Online link for online attendance will be provided. Lecture portions of the class will be recorded for review purposes. Workshops, discussions, or activities may not be recorded (TBA). ​Slides and or notes to lectures given will usually be posted to iLearn to assist your learning and revision. These will usually be available a few days after each class. See Echo block on iLearn for more information about recordings.

Attendance policy

Students are advised that although we will not take attendance in seminar, your assessments require you to be familiar with a range of content and scholarly techniques you probably have not encountered before. This content and techniques will be taught to you during seminars, which means class attendance is mandatory for those wishing to pass the unit. Contact Convenor in case of unavoidable absences. In addition to attendance/reviewing of seminar material you will be expected to be making headway on your assessment projects. To ensure this is happening and demonstrate your engagement in this unit, we will periodically ask you to share ideas online or in classes or upload written materials (class notes, brainstorming from groups or individual preparation, screenshots from research). This material will not be marked, but will be referenced in the case of students requesting last minute assistance, or disputing marks. 

Reading

All required readings will be available online and most accessed via the Leganto system or library link. Recommended readings will also usually have a Link to the Library provided. Each week on iLearn, you'll also receive links to case studies or examples discussed during lecture, or in tutorials (some of these will be on external sites, and may also include podcasts, articles, audiovisual works, but none will have a cost). It is your responsability to check these and be enriched through reading/watching/listening etc.

Laptop Policy

Please DO bring your own devices for use in class (laptops or tablets + mobile phones). The library has laptops and iPads available for lending if you don't have your own. http://www.mq.edu.au/about/campus-services-and-facilities/library/facilities/computer- facilities and there are other computer labs on campus. Please also bring a pen or pencil and paper or notebook to class.  

Other Technology Matters

Students are expected to make use of everyday information technologies to complete their assignments (i.e. Personal Computers, mobile phones, freely available editing software and online publishing platforms). As this is not a production unit, students should not contact the department's technical staff for equipment or support. Feel free to challenge yourself but work within your technical abilities. Other iCloud software available to the Arts Faculty may also be available for students to use. The Convenor will update you on iLearn.

Recess/Easter period and Study Break

Students are advised that we will NOT physically meet in class during the Easter and following week's break, although preparation is expected during some of this time. The Convenor will be available in these weeks by appointment only.

Unit schedule will be available to students via iLearn prior to the start of classes and is subject to updates and change. 

While the content and approach will be similar to the 2022 iteration of this unit, there will be newly introduced lecture material, exercises, case studies, readings and media materials: this unit endeavours to include recent and highly relevant examples of media representation engaging with key themes covered, plus the technologies, forms, platforms, organizations and key figures/players etc., and as these change and transform. Media material, forms and applications, plus critical and creative ideas which engage with representational strategies and effects/affects will also be grounded in informed and rigorous scholarship or practice. These examples and critical materials will also be drawn from a wide range of sites and disciplinary sources as the unit endeavours to be international in scope and relevance, although English language sources will predominate. Students are encouraged to reflect on and engage with international material relevant to the themes of media representation and bring to class informed commentaries drawing on their 'home' countries mediaspheres or other representations from the global and transnational mediascape (where this is of interest or significance and these can be conveyed to the class as valuable casestudies or contributions).