POL302: Power of the Media and Public Interest

Analyses the interaction of politicians, policy makers and the media, their relative power, and the impact on public policy. At heart, it is a struggle for control. Who controls the news? The media? The government? How fully and in what ways do they shape public opinion? What can the public believe? Obtain a critical understanding of how news media shape public policy, and how policy-makers seek to influence the media. Students will work on cases from Australia and overseas.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Contact Time	Up to 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Nil. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator	Dr Ian Cook Position: Senior Lecturer - Politics E-mail: I.Cook@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.040 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 6117
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Ian Cook Senior Lecturer - Politics (I.Cook@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 6117 Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.040 MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)   MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)