Overview
Frames communications as producing mediated identities. How consumer cultures and media intersect with identity and how identities are produced through interactions with commodities and media.
About this paper
| Paper title | Communicating the Self |
|---|---|
| Subject | Media, Film and Communication |
| EFTS | 0.2500 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2026 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $2,090.50 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 54 300-level MFCO points
- Contact
- Teaching staff
To be advised when paper next offered.
- Paper Structure
- Contextualising identity
- Communicating identity
- Mediating identity
- Teaching Arrangements
This paper is taught via lectures and seminars.
- Textbooks
- A course reader will be made available.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Critical thinking, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this paper will:
- Develop an understanding of the history and social context of intersections between communications media and identity formation
- Grasp the philosophical positions underlying how contemporary subjects are produced in relation to media and communications
- Identify key academic approaches to intersections between communications media and identity formation
- Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and critical understanding of "identity" as a social construct, constituted particularly via contemporary communications media
- Reflect on the ethics of identity in terms of media and communications
- Identify and engage with relevant debates at a sophisticated academic level
- Apply advanced critical-theoretical frameworks related to intersections between communications media and identity formation
Overview
Frames communications as producing mediated identities. How consumer cultures and media intersect with identity and how identities are produced through interactions with commodities and media.
About this paper
| Paper title | Communicating the Self |
|---|---|
| Subject | Media, Film and Communication |
| EFTS | 0.2500 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2027 (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
- 54 300-level MFCO points
- Contact
- Teaching staff
To be advised when paper next offered.
- Paper Structure
- Contextualising identity
- Communicating identity
- Mediating identity
- Teaching Arrangements
This paper is taught via lectures and seminars.
- Textbooks
- A course reader will be made available.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Critical thinking, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this paper will:
- Develop an understanding of the history and social context of intersections between communications media and identity formation
- Grasp the philosophical positions underlying how contemporary subjects are produced in relation to media and communications
- Identify key academic approaches to intersections between communications media and identity formation
- Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and critical understanding of "identity" as a social construct, constituted particularly via contemporary communications media
- Reflect on the ethics of identity in terms of media and communications
- Identify and engage with relevant debates at a sophisticated academic level
- Apply advanced critical-theoretical frameworks related to intersections between communications media and identity formation