UO Digital Mediascapes
Course Level Undergraduate
Area/Catalogue
COMM 3071
Course Level
Undergraduate
Study Method
100% online
Course ID
163362
Unit Value
4.5
UniSA Online Elective Course
Yes
Duration
10 weeks
Fees
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This course has not been
timetabled for 2021.
Course aim
To examine the historical development of digital technologies and the impact of the digital on traditional media formats, popular culture, identity and the social.
Course content
This course expands student understanding of digital media by considering how the digital intersects with issues of space, locality, personal, cultural and public life. Mapping the historic development of digital media, students will examine how the digital has transformed traditional screen media formats and popular culture by giving rise to new forms of space, time, technology, aesthetics and story-telling. Drawing on interdisciplinary studies of the digital, students will examine how the digital mediates everyday life and the role of digital in negotiating contemporary issues in the social sphere.
Textbooks
Nil
Prerequisites
Nil
Corequisite(s)
Nil
Teaching Method
| Component | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERNAL, ONLINE ACTIVITY | |||
| Online | 10 weeks x N/A | ||
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Assessment
Continuous assessment, Essay
Fees
EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4A)
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