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306019 (v.1) Internet Studies 317 - New Virtual Collectives
Area: | Department of Media and Information |
Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Seminar: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 301052 (v.3) Internet Studies 103 - Socio-Technological Introduction or any previous version
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The Internet is often presented as a new frontier - as a territory to be conquered, explored, and settled. This unit examines the changing terrain of social networks and explores the possibilities and practices of virtual collectives. Topics include - virtual nations, diasporic futures, virtual, ethnicities, 'soft cities', and electronic agoras. |
Availability
Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | 2003 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
- Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. - Central External refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area. |
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