MEDIA 331

Recorded Music and Media Formats

Please note: this is archived course information from 2018 for MEDIA 331.

Description

Cultural studies of the sounds and significance of popular recorded music through the media formats in which it has been manufactured, distributed and consumed. Provides a critical introduction to the role of technologies and industries, studios and producers, musicians, music scenes and everyday listening in relation to vinyl records, radio, cassettes, CDs, the MP3 and streaming music.

Availability 2018

Not taught in 2018

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Points

MEDIA 331: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television or Anthropology

Restrictions

FTVMS 229, FTVMS 331, MEDIA 229