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CMS2018 Cultural Industries - Cultural Economies

Semester 2, 2022 Online
Units : 1
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts
School or Department : School of Humanities & Communication
Grading basis : Graded
Course fee schedule : /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules

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Overview

This course provides a complementary role within Communication and Media Studies major, synthesising a variety of theoretical approaches and linking them to industrial practice and cultures of everyday life. This course has relevance to those professions in the knowledge and cultural industries.

This course discusses the relations between the culture industries and everyday life, and explores the relations between the economic and the cultural. Cultural goods and services such as media products, marketing/advertising and consumer products will be discussed along with audiences and markets within a globalised context. This course provides ways of critically engaging with the culture industries that may be useful to both consumers and professionals.

Course learning outcomes

On successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate knowledge of relevant theoretical knowledge in communication and media studies;
  2. demonstrate knowledge of selected cultural industries and their relationship to consumers;
  3. examine the role of the audience, and how that may be understood;
  4. demonstrate appropriate academic and professional literacy skills.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Economy and culture 30.00
2. Cultural production and creative activity 20.00
3. Consumer culture and everyday life 20.00
4. Advertising, marketing and branding 30.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

Du Gay, P (ed) 1997, Production of culture / cultures of production, Sage Publications, London.
Additional study materials must be downloaded or accessed from the 精东传媒app Desk for this course.
Selected Readings: these include online materials that can only be accessed via the internet. They are not available through USQ and cannot be provided by USQ.

Student workload expectations

To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.

Assessment details

Approach Type Description Group
Assessment
Weighting (%) Course learning outcomes
Assignments Written Quiz A1 of 5 No 2 1,3,4
Assignments Written Quiz A2 of 5 No 2 1,3,4
Assignments Written Essay 1 No 20 1,2,3,4
Assignments Written Quiz A3 of 5 No 2 1,3,4
Assignments Written Quiz A4 of 5 No 2 1,3,4
Assignments Written Essay 2 No 40 1,2,3,4
Assignments Written Quiz A5 of 5 No 2 1,2,3,4
Examinations Non-invigilated Time limited online examinatn No 30 1,2,3,4
Date printed 10 February 2023