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.
| Paper title | Communicating the Self |
|---|---|
| Paper code | MFCO412 |
| Subject | Media, Film and Communication |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2023 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $1,206.91 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 54 300-level MFCO points
- Contact
- Teaching staff
Convenor and Lecturer: To be advised.
- 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
