IND206 - Indigeneity and the Media
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | IND101 or IND102 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This includes practicals and seminar time, designated activities, assessment tasks, readings, and study time. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week |
Content
This unit critically examines how Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are discursively constructed and represented in the mainstream media, and how these constructions are subsequently resisted and undermined. The unit will analyse and critique the power structures of the media, how these have been used to perpetuate neo-colonial outcomes, and how creative alternatives can and should be used to recentre First Nations voices and experiences. Students will explore histories of representation and the importance of voice across global, national, and local spaces in order to better understand the underpinning and continuing effects of colonisation, and the role of resistance. The unit will also explore the techniques used to construct and represent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and draw attention to these processes in order to emphasise and anticipate unconscious bias. The unit is self-reflexive, and covers topics including the deficit discourses, social media, First Nations media, and the 1967 and 2023 referendums.
Unit Fee Information
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