New Communication and Media Technologies
Course Level Postgraduate
Area/Catalogue
COMM 5008
Course Level
Postgraduate
Offered Externally
No
Course ID
010735
Unit Value
4.5
University-wide elective course
No
Timetable/s
The 2025 timetable is
not yet available.
Course owner
School of Creative Industries
Course Alert: This course is no longer available for enrolment
Course aim
To familiarise students with the way in which new communication and media technologies are changing established patterns of work, education and leisure, as well as cultural and other forms of identification and affiliation.
Course content
Description of new communication and media technologies; processes of convergence between computing, communications and telecommunications; growth of new industries, markets and global relationships; significance of the Internet; reconsideration of the nature of publishing and broadcasting; new forms of international cultural flows.
Textbook(s)
Flew, T 2005, New Media: An Introduction, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne
Prerequisite(s)
Nil
Corequisite(s)
Nil
Teaching method
| Component | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNAL, MAGILL (INTENSIVE) | |||
| Seminar (Intensive Seminars) | N/A x 2 weeks | ||
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Assessment
Report 1, Report 2
Fees
EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.
