Media Ecologies
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- Blended delivery: Face to face 24 hours + Online 12 hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 1 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
NilAims and objectives
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Evaluate current research methodologies for disciplinary knowledge of new media technologies, practices and processes
2. Prepare and deliver an oral presentation that evaluates current research into one area of dynamic media practice addressed within the unit
3. Plan and undertake research into a significant issue concerning a dynamic site of media use and practice.
4. Define, describe and analyse core concepts, theories and issues facing practitioners in new media environments
Courses with unit
GC-MCO Graduate Certificate Media and CommunicationGD-MCO Graduate Diploma Media ad Communication
MA-MCO Master Media and Communication
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This Unit will involve up to 150 hours of work including:
Type (On-campus) | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Lecture Tutorial |
1 2 |
8 8 |
8 16 |
Online Contact – synchronous (no room needed) Collaborate Discussions Online Learning Material Online Activities and Responses |
3 |
4 |
12 |
Specified Learning Activities Readings Online and in class discussion Group media analysis work |
10 |
10 |
100 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study Assignment preparation Responding to feedback and revision |
Recommended |
14 | |
TOTAL | 150 hours/12.5cp |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Written Commentaries (5) | Individual | 30% | 1, 2, 4 |
Oral Presentation | Individual | 30% | 1, 2, 3 |
Research Essay | Individual | 40% | 1, 2, 4 |
General skills outcomes
• Analysis Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Communication Skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
Content
• Theory and Contexts.
• Infrastructures of the new: broadcast, networks, wirelessness and beyond.
• Screen media beyond broadcast TV and Cinema.
• Health, illness and networked technologies.
• Technologies for political engagement and protest.
• Crisis communication, new media and humanitarianism.
• Mobile and locative media ecologies: From utility to play (and back again).
• Telework and the always-on lifestyle.
Study resources
- Reading materials.