SCRN1100
10 units
1000 level
Course handbook
Description
The course provides an introduction to the relationship between communication, culture and texts. Students will be introduced to a range of existing textual analysis frameworks that illuminate how meaning is constructed. Through examples, such as participatory culture, reality television, and fashion, students will explore the relationship between culture and texts. Students will explore cultural representations, constructions of identity and difference and cultural production and consumption through the discussion and analysis of cultural texts.
Availability
Not currently offered.
Replacing course(s)
This course replaces the following course(s): FMCS1100. Students who have successfully completed FMCS1100 are not eligible to enrol in SCRN1100.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Describe how meaning is constructed and circulates.
2. Explain the relationship between culture and texts.
3. Analyse cultural texts using existing interpretive frameworks.
4. Interpret scholarly research on cultural texts.
Content
The course will focus on communication 'texts' broadly defined. Topics may include:
- the use of language and imagery to construct meaning
- the effects of cultural representations on the construction of identities
- how culture is used, interpreted and invested with meaning
- the connections between texts and social context
- methods of textual analysis
Requisite
This course replaces FMCS1100. If you have successfully completed FMCS1100 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assessment items
Quiz: Online Quizzes
Case Study / Problem Based Learning: Textual Analysis
Essay: Essay
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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