Overview
What does it mean to screen crime? This paper considers ‘crime’ as an historical, and contemporary, film and media genre which works as a categorical aesthetic, but also to (re)produce particular powerful ideas crime and the criminal.
About this paper
| Paper title | Crime and the Media |
|---|---|
| Subject | Media, Film and Communication |
| EFTS | 0.1500 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,103.10 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- One 100-level CRIM or MFCO paper, or 108 Arts points
- Restriction
- CRIM 225
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Contact
To be advised.
- Teaching staff
- Textbooks
To be advised.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
To be advised.
- Learning Outcomes
To be advised.
Overview
What does it mean to screen crime? This paper considers ‘crime’ as an historical, and contemporary, film and media genre which works as a categorical aesthetic, but also to (re)produce particular powerful ideas crime and the criminal.
About this paper
| Paper title | Crime and the Media |
|---|---|
| Subject | Media, Film and Communication |
| EFTS | 0.1500 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2027 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- One 100-level CRIM or MFCO paper, or 108 Arts points
- Restriction
- CRIM 225
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Contact
- Teaching staff
- Textbooks
Course readings will be available on Aoroa.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Ethics, Research.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
- Communicate effectively in written, visual and verbal form regarding crime media
- Critically evaluate arguments and positions regarding the function of crime media in contemporary culture
- Demonstrate a cultural understanding of the constitution and maintenance of ‘criminal’ and ‘lawful’ identities within the bicultural context of Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Grasp the ethical issues embedded in the disseminations of crime media
- Demonstrate general information literacy regarding claims around the presentation of factual data on issues such as crime via multiple media formats