Popular Culture of the Asia Pacific

What it covers

This unit explores popular culture from the Asia Pacific region, including films, TV, pop music, cultural icons, and digital interactive entertainment. As part of critically analysing the localised dynamics of Asia Pacific popular cultures, we also consider how they are part of transnational cultural flows in the digital age, and how Australia is located within this region. In weekly seminars and screenings, students learn how popular culture is underpinned by complex industrial, geopolitical, and cultural power structures. We investigate the redistribution of regional, national, economic, socio-ecological and cultural influence through the flow of Western popular culture into the Asia Pacific, along with the flow of popular culture out of these nations. Through industry-standard assessment, students will analyse local and global entertainment markets and use the Adobe Creative Suite to create portfolio-ready assignments that communicate their findings.

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