Studies in the Media - ZHSS2104
Faculty: UNSW Canberra at ADFA
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences @ UNSW Canberra at ADFA
Course Outline: ZHSS2104 Course Outline
Campus: UNSW Canberra at ADFA
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ZHSS1101 and ZHSS1102
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
The media reporting of war today plays a pivotal role in how war is waged and understood. This course examines the history of media reporting of war and the various theories and practices of the communication of war from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century. The course will consist of selected theoretical readings that focus on various elements of the media reportage of war and its media forms, including the role of the journalist, the witness, propaganda, memory, truth, images, film and humanitarianism.
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