CULS20014 Consumer Culture, Media and Lifestyle (University of Melbourne): rated 3.6/5 overall across 6 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
CULS20014 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Arts in Cultural Studies. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 消费文化、媒体与生活方式
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Cultural Studies
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
What is lifestyle? When and how did the concept develop, and what functions does it serve in consumer culture today?
CULS20014 has 6 scored reviews: overall 3.6/5 · usefulness 3.8 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 4 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.8 stars); 2 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.2/5).
On Reddit: "Television, lifestyle and consumer culture was one of the best subjects I’ve done at uni! It focuses on the concept of governmentality by Foucault and applies it to different genres of television (makeover shows, home renovation, realty tv) to expose the larger structural and in…"
On Reddit: "I did both TV Lifestyle and Consumer Culture and Popular Culture, albeit I did them for sem1 this year so my experience may be an outlier. Honestly, I did not enjoy them. I didn’t find the content particularly interesting and the essays, while quite simple, just so boring. It wa…"
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Q: Is CULS20014 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 6 reviews: usefulness 3.8/5, overall 3.6/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches CULS20014, and when is it offered?
A: CULS20014 is taught by the Faculty of Arts. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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