ACC213 - Media Law and Ethics
Unit details
Year: | 2020 unit information |
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Important Update: | Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester. Last updated: 2 June 2020 |
Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Janine Little Trimester 1: Janine Little |
Prerequisite: | Two units at level 1 |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | ALR205 and ALJ313 |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2-hour seminar per week |
Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities x 2-hours per week. This will involve a range of activities including seminar recordings, and synchronous and asynchronous participation in online classroom activities |
Content
This unit provides students with groundwork practical knowledge to deal with legal and ethical issues that may arise from their work as communication professionals or as users of media communication. The unit takes a problem-based learning (case study) approach to working with students to develop an understanding of laws and regulations that influence journalism in Australia; highlight potential problem areas for journalists, focusing in particular on privacy, defamation, contempt of court; copyright; the Competition and Consumer Act and the ethical obligations of journalists as media professionals.
These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | ||
ULO1 | Describe the ethical and legal factors affecting journalism and media practice | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO2 | Identify and apply research and evaluation skills to current and potential ethical and legal questions in journalism and media practice | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
ULO3 | Develop knowledge of real-world case studies in news and current affairs that reflect ethical and legal issues | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO8: Global citizenship |
ULO4 | Analyse problem-based scenarios in journalism and media practice | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1 - Essay | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | Week 6 |
Assessment 2 - Essay | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ACC213
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list.
Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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