Digital Mediascapes

Course aim

To advance student understanding about the impact of the digital on traditional media formats, popular culture, identity and society.

Course content

Mapping the historic development of digital media, students will examine how the digital has transformed traditional screen media formats through new forms of space, time, aesthetics and story-telling. Drawing on interdisciplinary studies of the digital and work in the digital humanities, students will examine how the digital mediates everyday life and how the digital intersects with broader issues of space, locality, identity, popular culture, the public and the private.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous assessment, Major Essay or Production, Minor essay, Proposal and Annotated Bibliography, Research assignment

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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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.