Media and Communications Thesis
Subject MECM90012 (2011)
Regular supervision across two concurrent semesters
Contact Hours: .5
Admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth year honours in Media and Communication, or Master of Global Media Communication
MULT50001 Research Principles and Practices for students enrolled in fourth year honours in Media and Communication.
Dr Umi Manickam Khattab
Carolyne Lee
carolyne@unimelb.edu.au
The Media and Communications Thesis subject requires students to design and deliver a substantial research project. Students will select an object of study, an appropriate methodology, and tools for analysing and interpreting the data they gather from their sources. Enrolment in the thesis is across two consecutive semesters and students must enrol in the subject in each semester to ensure they are meeting the full 37.5 point requirement for the year-long subject.
Students who complete this subject will be able to:
demonstrate an ability to design and deliver a research project and use skills to marshall evidence and interpreting it appropriately; and
demonstrate an ability to use appropriate theoretical and methodological models in the field of media and communications.
Thesis of 12,000 words (100%) due at the end of two concurrent semesters.
Bertrand, Ina and Peter Hughes (2005), Media Research Methods: Audiences, Institutions, Texts, Palgrave, Basingstoke
Deacon, David, Michael Pickering, Peter Golding and Graham Murdoch (eds) (1998), Researching Communications: A Practical Guide to Methods on Media and Cultural Analysis, Arnold, London
Jensen, Klaus Bruh and Nicholas W Jankowski (eds) (1991), A Handbook of Qualitative Methodologies for Mass Communication Research, Routledge, London
Jones, Steven G. (ed) (1999), Doing Internet Research: Critical Issues and Methods for Examining the Net, Sage, London
Students who successfully complete this subject will be able to:
prepare and present ideas in both verbal and written mode, and in conformity to conventions of academic presentation;
reflect on learning and take responsibility for organising personal study; and
participate in discussion and group activities and be sensitive to the participation of others.
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)(Media and Communications)
Master of Global Media Communication
Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Media and Communication)