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Subject: [creative-radio] African Media and Cultural Studies Graduate Program
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 08:39:31 -0500
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From: Prof Keyan Tomaselli [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 12:51 PM
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Subject: African Media and Cultural Studies Graduate Program
Graduate Programme in Cultural and Media Studies
(new name for Centre for Cultural and Media Studies)
University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
COURSE WORK MA IN MEDIA STUDIES
The new Graduate Programme in Cultural and Media Studies at
the University of Natal, offers an MA in Media Studies with an
African and Third World emphasis. Core courses offered include
Political Economy of the Media; Media, Development and
Democracy; Sociology of Media; Theories of Meaning and Ideology;
and options such as Narrative Film and TV; and Documentary Film
and Visual Anthropology, amongst others. Skills courses include
Educational Multimedia and Development; Desk-Top-Publishing;
and Video Production. The course is designed for media workers
seeking theoretical refreshment in their professional practices.
There is a strong emphasis on research, strategic thinking, and
problem-solving. For mini thesis themes see below under Ph.D.
RESEARCH THESIS MA AND PH.D. MEDIA AND
DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNICATION
The new Programme now also offers thesis MAs and Ph.Ds under
the auspices of its newly established Development, Media and Arts
Research Unit. This Unit is geared towards action research
relating to public health communication (using print and
broadcast media, participatory drama, etc) and related
development support communication issues in the Southern African
context. The Unit works with schools and grassroots community
organisations, especially on life-skills and HIV/AIDS prevention
and education. The research is project based and designed to
teach senior students to work in the field on actual projects,
benefiting communities in the KwaZulu-Natal Province.
PH.D IN AFRICAN MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES
The Programme continues to offer Ph.D study in media and
cultural studies in general. Candidates can expect to work in
a vibrant community of graduate students drawn from all over
Africa and the world. Many are professionals who have returned
to University for a year or more.
RESEARCH THEMES
Students are grouped into research teams studying a variety of
resourced themes: eg., political economy of the Southern African
media; community broadcasting; cultural tourism and visual
anthropology; public memory; African cinema; broadcasting and
media policy; public health communication, media and
development; cultural studies in Africa and so on.
The Programme offers a dedicated lecturing faculty/staff who
teach at graduate levels only within the Faculty of Human
Sciences' newly established School of Graduate Studies.
For further information contact: Prof Keyan Tomaselli,
Graduate Programme in Cultural and Media Studies, University
of Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa.
Fax: + 27(31) 260-1519.
Phone; 260-2505. E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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Please consult our very extensive web page for further
information.
http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms
12 August 2000
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