COMMS 303

Sports Media

Please note: this is archived course information from 2022 for COMMS 303.

Description

Examines the relationship between sport and the media. Topics include sports journalism; industry practice; the mediated game event; online communities of fandom; commentary; issues of race and gender; and sports law. Students have the opportunity to experience outside broadcast of televised sport and use the university television studio to engage with key media sport professionals.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline for COMMS 303.

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 2022

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Margaret Henley

Points

COMMS 303: 15 points

Prerequisites

15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses

Restrictions

FTVMS 313