This innovative major combines Cultural Studies and International Communication to give you diverse perspectives on culture and its expression through the media. You will follow a pathway through the major that embeds a rigorous critical approach to the power relations that manifest in contemporary society. You will debate our relationships with, and the influence of, media. Units cover cultural, social, political and ethical issues including case studies of domestic and international importance. You will evaluate media and cultural texts in a variety of contexts from the everyday to the world-changing. You will: gain an understanding of how we make and communicate cultural meaning investigate the social and political dimensions of culture and the media in Australia and globally.

Key Features

• A variety of subject choices helps you understand media and other methods of communication.
• Connect with careers and communities via internships and work-integrated learning opportunities..

• arts administrator
• blogger
• communications coordinator
• content developer or producer
• cultural adviser
• cultural critic
• editor
• feature writer
• foreign correspondent
• government and community worker
• journalist
• media policy developer or adviser
• media producer
• new media content coordinator
• novelist
• public relations specialist
• publisher
• social researcher