55000 Communication and Information Honours Seminar
8cpHonours subject – 400 level
Subject coordinator: Wendy Bacon
This subject examines a selection of contested ideas in the Australian intellectual, public policy and professional fields by reference to the theoretical resources offered by media, communication and information studies. Students explore how specific communication and information frameworks, practices, technologies and impacts are interwoven with social organisation and processes of social change. The development of comparative analyses of ideas draws on different intellectual traditions and explores their usage in different contexts. The subject also facilitates students' capacity to understand their own theoretical constructs, to locate their own usage of ideas in relation to contemporary debates in intellectual, policy and professional fields and to pursue research that contributes to those debates.
Typical availability
Autumn semester, City campus
Detailed subject description.
Fee information
2009 contribution for post-2008 Commonwealth-supported students: $866.83
Note: Students who commenced prior to 1 January 2008 should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth Supported places.
2009 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,900.00
Note: Fees for Postgraduate domestic fee-paying students and international students are charged according to the course they are enrolled in. Students should refer to the Annual Fees Schedule.
Subject EFTSL: 0.167Access conditions
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