| Area: |
Department of Media and Information |
| Credits: |
25.0 |
| Contact Hours: |
1.0 |
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| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** |
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| Seminar: |
1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Equivalent(s): |
305453 (v.2) NET32 The Internet - Infrastructures and Economies or any previous version
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| Prerequisite(s): |
301052 (v.3) Internet Studies 103 - Socio-Technological Introduction or any previous version
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| Syllabus: |
Focus on the key technological infrastructure of the Internet, telecommunications systems, specialised computing hardware and the software applications and their relationship to broader economic dimensions. Looking at concepts such as the 'attention' economy and the new knowledge economy, students study the commercial structures that underpin Internet technological development and their impact on social formations and political directions. |
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| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |
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| Field of Education: | 100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping) |
| Funding Cluster: | 07 - Foreign Languages, Visual and Performing Arts |
| SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Fully Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability |
| Availability Information has not been provided by the respective School or Area. Prospective students should contact the School or Area listed above for further information. |
