ACF304 - Celebrity Industries
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Previously coded as: | ALC304, ALM304 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Sean Redmond Trimester 3: Sean Redmond |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ALC304, ALM304 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This unit provides students with an opportunity to contribute in critical and creative ways to contemporary understandings of the celebrity industries. The unit will explore the construction and marketing of celebrity images; parasocial desire and identity making; celebrity gossip; political celebrity; stardom; and online fan cultures.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Critically define and analyse celebrity and celebrity culture, and evaluate the ways they impact on social and economic life | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO2 | Communicate in written, creative, and aural forms how and why celebrity is produced, and what types of pleasures and identities they offer audiences | GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy |
| ULO3 | Critically explore celebrity in a national and global context from both artistic/public and commercial perspectives | GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO4 | Apply in a creative and collaborative context a shared understanding of at least one celebrity/celebrity industry studied on the unit | GLO7: Teamwork |
| ULO5 | Demonstrate high levels of personal motivation and a developed capacity for independent thought | GLO6: Self-management |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Audio-visual presentation (means of communicating content) | 5-minute duration with 750 word exegesis | 50% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2: Essay | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for ACF304 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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