Semester 1 (ONC)Toowoomba (ONC)Wide Bay (EXT)Toowoomba
Semester 3 (EXT)Toowoomba
Units 1.0 (Communication & Media Studies) Band 1
This course studies forms of mass communication, as elements of cultural and social processes. It offers strategies for understanding mass communication and its relationship to cultural products and to the institutions and social practices that sustain and propagate those products. The course focuses on still image content in mass media and provides a sound foundation for students interested in a career in one or more of the "knowledge industries" of Journalism, Radio, Television, Film, Advertising, Multimedia, Public Relations, Teaching, Consulting, Librarianship, Professional Communication and the Public Service.