MEDIA 331

Recorded Music and Media Formats

Description

Cultural studies of the sounds and significance of popular recorded music through the media formats in which it has been manufactured, distributed and consumed. Provides a critical introduction to the role of technologies and industries, studios and producers, musicians, music scenes and everyday listening in relation to vinyl records, radio, cassettes, CDs, the MP3 and streaming music.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline. 

Digital Course Outlines are refreshed in November for the following year. Digital Course Outlines for courses to be offered for the first time may be published slightly later.

Availability 2024

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Associate Professor Nabeel Zuberi

Points

MEDIA 331: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage II in Anthropology or Media and Screen Studies

Restrictions

MEDIA 229