This subject examines the power of the mass media and their role and influence in Australia and the world in the era of the information age. In particular, the subject addresses the relationship between corporations, modern journalism and government in a liberal democracy (the PR State, election campaigns, censorship, new media, fearmongering, foreign news correspondence etc.), with special attention to historical background and contemporary debates surrounding the Fourth Estate, propaganda, and the political economy of the mass media
HD/FL
One session
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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