ALM304 - The Celebrity Industries: Star Images, Fan Cultures and Performance
Unit details
| Year: | 2020 unit information |
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| Important Update: | Classes and seminars in Trimester 3, 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 trimester. Last updated: 5 October 2020 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| Previously coded as: | ALC304 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Sean Redmond |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| 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 including 2 (two) 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.
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| These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes) |
| ULO1 | Critically define and analyse celebrity and celebrity culture, and evaluate the ways they impact on social and economic life | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO2 | Communicate in written, creative, and aural forms how and why celebrity is produced, and what types of pleasures and identities they offer audiences | GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy |
| ULO3 | Critically explore celebrity in a national and global context from both artistic/public and commercial perspectives | GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO4 | Apply in a creative and collaborative context a shared understanding of at least one celebrity/celebrity industry studied on the unit | GLO7: Teamwork |
| ULO5 | Demonstrate high levels of personal motivation and a developed capacity for independent thought | GLO6: Self-management |
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 (Individual) - Audio-visual presentation (means of communicating content) | 5 minute duration with 750 word exegesis | 50% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2 (Individual) - Essay | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | Information not yet available |
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 below: ALC304 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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