The essay will
require students to formulate an appropriate essay question in response to
material.
Regarding the essay topic, students are indeed expected to choose their OWN TOPIC, focusing on a specific area of discourse within the broad framework of Communication and Culture. The aim is to allow students to explore an area that interests their deeply, contributing to a more engaging and insightful analysis.
To guide students topic selection, consider the key themes and discussions we have covered in the course. Think about which aspects of communication and culture resonate with you the most or where you have found intriguing ideas that warrant deeper exploration. Your chosen topic should align with the course’s objectives and should enable you to apply the theoretical and methodological concepts we have discussed.
What I provided:
*3 examples of essay that given by the teacher.
*PPT from lecture 1-7
*All reading that teacher provided
Reminder:
For PPT Lecture 5 is just a revision from Lecture 1-4
LINK FOR THE READING:
Barker, C. (2008). Cultural studies: Theory and practice (3rd ed.). ( MUST TO USE THIS SOURCES )
Williams, R. (1965). “The Analysis of Culture”, The Long Revolution. London: Chatto & Windus.
Martin, F. (Ed.) (2003). Interpreting Everyday Culture. New York: Edward Arnold.
Hall, S. [1981] (1988). Notes on deconstructing the popular. In R. Samuel, People’s history and socialist theory (pp. 227-240). London: Routledge and Kegan & Paul.
Hao, L. (2023). Understanding the Pursuit of Ethnic Identity in China. In: Minzu as Technology . Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5402-5_1
Dyer, R. (1999). The role of stereotypes. In P. Marris & S. Thornham, Media studies reader (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Available from http://thowe.pbworks.com/f/dyer.on.sterotypes.pdf
Barthes, R. [1957] (1972). Myth today. In R. Barthes, Mythologies (Trans. A. Lavers) (pp. 107-135). New York: Farrer, Straus & Giroux. Available from http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/theory/Barthes-MythToday-excerpt.pdf
Hao, L. (2019). Virtual gifting on China’s live streaming platforms: Hijacking the online gift economy. Chinese Journal of Communication, 12(3), 340-355. doi:10.1080/17544750.2019.1583260
Barker, C. (2004). See entries on “Discourse” (pp. 54-55), “Circuit of Culture” (pp. 22-3), “Identity” (pp. 93-5), “Subjectivity” (pp. 194-5). In The Sage Dictionary of Cultural Studies. London: Sage.
Foucault, M. (1980). Two Lectures. In C. Gordon (Ed.), Power/Knowledge: Selected interviews and other writings 1972-1977. Michel Foucault (pp. 78-108). New York: Pantheon Books. Available from https://monoskop.org/images/5/5d/Foucault_Michel_Power_Knowledge_Selected_Interviews_and_Other_Writings_1972-1977.pdf
Strinati, D. (1995). “Marx and Ideology” (pp. 120-130), “Althusser’s theory of ideology and structuralist Marxism” (pp. 134-148). In An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture. London: Routledge.
Althusser, L. ([1968]1998) Ideology and ideological state apparatuses. In J. Rivkin & M. Ryan (Eds.), Literary theory: An anthology (pp. 294-304). Malden, MA.: Blackwell Publishers.
Marx, K. “Ruling Class and Ruling Ideas”, “Summary of the Materialist Conception of History” in The German Ideology. https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/german-ideology/ch01b.htm
Martin, F. (Ed.) (2003). Interpreting Everyday Culture. New York: Edward Arnold.
Stoddart, M. C. J. (2007). Ideology, hegemony, discourse: A critical review of theories of knowledge and power. Social Thought and Research 28, 191–225.
Carroll,W. (2006). Hegemony, Counter Hegemony, Anti Hegemony. Socialist Studies 2(2), pp. 9-43. Available from http://www.socialiststudies.com/index.php/sss/article/view/27
Stoddart,M. C. J. (2007). Ideology, hegemony, discourse: A critical review of theories of knowledge and power. Social Thought and Research 28, 191–225. Available through e-library gateway.
Gramsci, A. [1971] (1998). The formation of the intellectuals. In Q. Hoare & G. Nowell Smith. (1999) (Eds.) Available from http://marxism.halkcephesi.net/Antonio%20Gramsci/prison_notebooks/problems/intellectuals.htm
Eckert, P., & McConnell-Ginet, S. (2013). An introduction to gender. Language and Gender (2nd ed.) (pp. 1–37). Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press.
Fincher, L. H. (2014). Leftover women: The resurgence of gender inequality in China. New York: Zed Books.
Lorde, A. (1980). Age, Race, Class and Sex: Women Redefining Difference. Paper delivered at the Copeland Colloquium, Amerst College, April 1980. Available from http://www.socialism.com/drupal-6.8/sites/all/pdf/class/Lorde-Age%20Race%20Class%20and%20Sex.pdf
Felluga, Dino. Modules on Butler: On Gender and Sex. Introductory Guide to Critical Theory. Available from: https://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/english/theory/genderandsex/modules/butlergendersex.html
Gauntlett, D. (2008). Women’s magazines and female identities. In D. Gauntlett, Media, Gender and Identity (pp. 190-219). London: Routledge. Kearney, M. C. (2012). The gender and media reader. London: Routledge.
Qiu, Z. (2013). Cuteness as a subtle strategy: Urban female youth and the online feizhuliu culture in contemporary China. Cultural Studies, 27(2), 225-241.
Clarke, J., Hall, S., Jefferson, T., & Roberts, B. (1993). Subcultures, cultures and class. In S. Hall & T. Jefferson (Eds.) Resistance through Rituals: Youth subcultures in post-war Britain. (pp.3-60). Abingdon and New York: Routledge.
Hebdige, D. [1979]. (2005). Subculture: The meaning of style. In K. Gelder (Ed.), The subcultures reader (2nd ed.) (pp. 121–131). London & New York: Routledge.
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