ATS3042 · Chinese media analysis

Overview

This unit is designed for students with advanced Chinese reading and writing skills to conduct a project-based study the Chinese-language media. It introduces you to a discipline-based study of Chinese media, focusing on the history of Chinese media, and representations of cultural, economic and political issues in the contemporary Chinese media. The unit will cover Chinese-language media in mainland China and internationally. The unit will consist of two-hour biweekly workshops and two-hour weekly seminars. You will survey and analyse a wide range of news reports, commentaries and other types of publication appearing in major Chinese language media sources, online or offline, guided by the arguments, concepts and methods employed in the field of Chinese media studies. By introducing you to a wide range of scholarly materials about the Chinese media, this unit also aims to strengthen your academic writing skills.

Areas of study: Chinese studies

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Through daily surveys of news reports from major Chinese online and offline media, students are expected to keep in touch with the latest developments in world affairs and to improve their understanding of the social, political, cultural and economic contexts against which media terms and expressions are used in the Chinese-speaking world.
2. By weekly readings in Chinese media studies and surveys of Chinese media content, students are expected to develop skills of analysis and critical thinking.
3. Guided by appropriate theoretical frameworks and methods, students will acquire basic research skills and techniques to apply to their reading and understanding of Chinese media content.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.