12194 (v.5) Media, Communication and Information 111 - The Information Age


Area: Department of Media and Information
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
 
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Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
 
Syllabus: Introduction and analysis of the idea of an 'information age'. Exploration of the processes of globalisation and convergence and their implications, historical and cross-cultural perspectives on media and information, models and theories of communication and information, and the future of media, communication and information.
 
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Field of Education: 91301 Librarianship and Information Management
Funding Cluster: 05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Fully Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y     Y  
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y     Y  
2005 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 1 Y        
2005 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 2 Y        
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External