ALC304 - The Celebrity Industries: Star Images, Fan Cultures and Performance
Unit details
Year: | 2019 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Trimester 1 Unit Chair: | Sean Redmond |
Trimester 3 Unit Chair: | Sean Redmond |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | Nil |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2 hour Seminar per week |
Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online): | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 2 x scheduled online seminars |
Content
This unit provides students with an opportunity to contribute in critical and creative ways to contemporary understandings of the celebrity industries. The unit will explore the construction and marketing of celebrity images; parasocial desire and identity making; celebrity gossip; political celebrity; stardom; and online fan cultures. The unit culminates in an informal symposium - an event that is collectively planned, implemented, and partly co-ordinated by students.
Assessment
Assessment 1 (Individual) - Audio-visual presentation (means of communicating content) 5 minute duration with 750 word exegesis - 50%
Assessment 2 (Individual) - Essay (2000 words or equivalent) - 50%
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