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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.

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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

Dr Rosemary Overell

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

mfco@otago.ac.nz

Teaching staff

Dr Rosemary Overell

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
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