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The proliferation of digital media is pushing the boundaries of literary and creative communication in Oceania. This course is grounded in the digital and environmental humanities as it asks students to navigate Indigenous transformations of writing ...

Media are increasingly intertwined in our lives. Digital technologies mean we can access media at any time and in any place – from television programmes to radio shows, news, podcasts, popular music, social media and advertising. This course is an in...

This course examines relationships between media, society and politics in an era of technological change. Topics include the evolution of mass-media, the concentration of media ownership, the role of public media, digital media industries, news media...

This fully online course analyses the profound impact of the rise of social media platforms on the media landscape, human communication and our understanding of the world. The course examines how social and interactive media have influenced different...

The course explores the media industries in Aotearoa New Zealand through a series of case studies, including television, radio, newspapers, telecommunications, and film. These are discussed in terms of how ownership, regulation, funding/revenue, cult...

This course examines TV industries and genres in today's digital and transnational contexts. Through the analysis of indicative platforms, providers, and programmes - examples drawn mainly from the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand - MDIA...

This course examines how media contribute to understandings of place for individuals, groups and nations and how these mediated places are informed by discourses of race, ethnicity and the dynamics of cross-cultural encounters. Case studies include h...

A critical introduction to the study of popular music, with an emphasis on post-1950s rock and pop music and related genres. Topics covered include the international and New Zealand music industry; music audiences, scenes, subcultures, and fans; new ...

In this course you will examine the ways media and environment are intertwined. You will learn how we can all contribute to building sustainable media practices in an age of ecological crises and why that is important. The course covers media theorie...

This course examines misinformation and propaganda in a networked society, with a focus on communication, journalism, and media studies. Students will learn how to deal with technologies like automation, algorithms, and advances in AI and how they ha...

This course examines narrative strategies and tendencies in contemporary primetime television programming, both fictional and factual. Applying screen narrative theory and using textual analysis, we will examine what kinds of stories TV tells us and ...

This course offers a social history of popular music, from the appearance of the gramophone in the nineteenth century to the laptop in the twenty-first. Topics will include changes in technology, historical dimensions of the production, distribution ...

This course examines the representations, contexts, and politics of gender, sexuality and the media. By interrogating the discourses of gender and sexuality as they are 'mediated' in a variety of forms (including television, film, popular music, soci...

This course examines the ways media and environment are intertwined. Students learn how we can all contribute to building sustainable media practices in an age of ecological crises and why that is important. The course covers media theories, practice...

This course examines the politics of self-representation online. By drawing on case studies of celebrities, influencers, and ‘ordinary’ producers, we will critically analyse how key discourses in media representation influence the presentation of one...

The course critically examines contemporary issues surrounding media policy, primarily focusing on Aotearoa New Zealand. Different regulatory frameworks/mechanisms relating to broadcasting/streaming services, online/social media platforms and news me...

This course is an advanced study of a selected form of mass media culture, in the context of the operation of the international culture industries. Aspects to be addressed may include economic production, theories of consumption, the production of no...

Media and communication in the city offer a rich field of study. From the infrastructural networks through which information, images, sounds, people, objects, commodities circulate to the various symbol systems that mediate their meaning for individu...

This course gives students the opportunity to pursue an individual research project with regular guidance and support from a supervisor. This project is developed and completed as a 10,000 word research essay. Students who have been approved for and ...

Supervised research and writing of a 40,000 word thesis on an approved topic.

PhD course.