MEDIA 201
Contemporary Chinese Media
Please note: this is archived course information from 2020 for MEDIA 201.
Description
How has the rapid economic growth of the past three decades transformed Chinese society in general and Chinese media in particular? How has the increasing commercialisation of Chinese media reconfigured the relationship between the state and the media? What are the media interactions inside the Greater China Area of Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Mainland? What is the role that contemporary Chinese media play in the global communication system? This course sets to consider these questions and beyond.
Through investigating a range of media formats in relation to media policies and media production, media circulation and media consumption, the course examines the development and transformation of media and communication practices in the contemporary Chinese context. Study topics include culture and tourism, reception of Jin Yong and Qiong Yao, advertising and environmental issues, cyberculture and youth media consumption, rock ’n’ roll music and reality TV, blockbuster movie and live performance of light-and-sound spectacles.
Students who successfully complete the course are expected to
- Develop a comprehensive knowledge about the largest national media system in the world
- Better understand the conceptual and theoretical elements of Media Studies
- Increase awareness of the significance of creative cultural industry
- Be more capable of evaluating, applying and presenting information
- Have the ability to structure, shape and synthesise information
- Enhance communication skills in a globalised context
Assessment
Coursework only
Availability 2020
Not taught in 2020
Lecturer(s)
Lecturer(s) Associate Professor Xuelin Zhou
Assessment
Coursework only
Points
MEDIA 201: 15 points
Prerequisites
15 points from COMMS 100, 104, FTVMS 100, 101, 110, MEDIA 101 and 45 points from any subject in BA courses
Restrictions
MEDIA 301
