This paper has been designed to be particularly useful for teachers of English within the Secondary Schools' English curriculum and as a study in film for those who may not have taken media courses before. On the other hand Media Studies students will find plenty of opportunity to extend their understanding of the field. Turitea A critical examination of news media processes with a particular concentration on the New Zealand media industries. An incorporation of both theoretical approaches and practical applications to the study of news media processes is undertaken. Particular attention is paid to gender, race, organisational factors and editorial authority.
Students work towards a project of their own choosing.
The paper explores the relationship between postfeminist debates, cultural theory and cultural forms. Postfeminisms refers to the contested nature of feminism in the 1990s, the culmination of a number of debates from within and outside feminism. It refers to the intersection of feminism, postmodernism, poststructuralism, psychoanalytic theory and postcolonialism. The paper examines postfeminist writers, theorists and practitioners in the area of film and media theory, culture, literary and art criticism. In addition to the above text, students are asked to purchase a handbook and a collection of study guides and readings.