Overview
News media routine processes, mythologies, structural constraints, access and equity; discourses and social contexts of news production.
MFCO 303 offers a theoretical and practical study of communication in both the media and everyday life. Students will develop an in-depth knowledge of research methods, as well as practical skills for applying these research methods to a range of communication contexts.
About this paper
| Paper title | Critical Problems in Communication Studies |
|---|---|
| Subject | Media, Film and Communication |
| EFTS | 0.15 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 1 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $981.75 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 18 200-level COMS or MFCO points or GEND 205 or GEND 305
- Restriction
- COMS 301
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Contact
- mfco@otago.ac.nz
- More information link
- View more information about MFCO 303
- Teaching staff
Convener and lecturer: Dr Sabrina Moro
- Paper Structure
We aim to develop theoretical understanding of communication as well as practical skills for analysing communicative contexts. The paper is organised around studies of a range of research methods and practical tasks.
Assessment:- Take-home test 30%
- Hands-on assignment 30%
- Research essay 40%
- Teaching Arrangements
This paper is taught via lectures, tutorials and practical tasks.
- Textbooks
Course reader.
- Course outline
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Ethics, Research.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will:
- Acquire knowledge of communication networks that operate between multiple and various social and cultural communities.
- Discover, through research, the ways in which communicative encounters are enabled.
- Learn, through the readings, how to think through the ideological and political implications of everyday communication.
- Achieve competence in oral and written skills in order to effectively communicate knowledge and understanding of the main issues raised by the paper.
Timetable
Overview
News media routine processes, mythologies, structural constraints, access and equity; discourses and social contexts of news production.
MFCO 303 offers a theoretical and practical study of communication in both the media and everyday life. Students will develop an in-depth knowledge of research methods, as well as practical skills for applying these research methods to a range of communication contexts.
About this paper
| Paper title | Critical Problems in Communication Studies |
|---|---|
| Subject | Media, Film and Communication |
| EFTS | 0.15 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2025 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 18 200-level MFCO points or 54 200-level Arts Points
- Restriction
- COMS 301
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Contact
- mfco@otago.ac.nz
- Teaching staff
Convener and Lecturer: Dr Sabrina Moro
- Paper Structure
We aim to develop theoretical understanding of communication as well as practical skills for analysing communicative contexts. The paper is organised around studies of a range of research methods and practical tasks.
- Teaching Arrangements
This paper is taught via lectures, tutorials and practical tasks.
- Textbooks
Course reader.
- Course outline
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Ethics, Research.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will:
- Acquire knowledge of communication networks that operate between multiple and various social and cultural communities.
- Discover, through research, the ways in which communicative encounters are enabled.
- Learn, through the readings, how to think through the ideological and political implications of everyday communication.
- Achieve competence in oral and written skills in order to effectively communicate knowledge and understanding of the main issues raised by the paper.
- Assessment details
- Take-home test, 30%
- Hands-on assignment, 30%
- Research essay, 40%