306013 (v.1) Internet Studies 316 - Time, Space and the Cyberbody

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Area:	Department of Media and Information
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	2.0
Seminar:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	301052 (v.3) Internet Studies 103 - Socio-Technological Introduction or any previous version
Syllabus:	Our traditional understandings of time, space and the body have been profoundly affected by the widespread adoption of Internet technology. Examination of how our experience of cyberspace might destabilise understandings of subjectivity and identity. What happens to the body in cyberspace? Are we creating 'posthumans' or new technobodies?
Unit Outcomes:	On successful completion of this unit students will have- Applied analytical techniques to studying and researching the Internet. Understood how analytical techniques are transformed by the particularities of the Internet Gain applied experience of developing projects within an on-line environment. Become prepared for the reflective future use of the Internet in a professional environment.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Balsomo, A., (1996), Technologies of the Gendered Body, Durham and London Duke University Press, Durham. Cherny, L and Weisse, E., (1996), Wired Women: Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace. Seal Press, Seattle. Crang, M and Crang, P and May, J, (1999), Virtual geographies : bodies, space and relations, Routledge, London. Featherstone, M and Burrows, R, (1995), Cyberspace, Cyberbodies and Cyberpunk : Cultures of Technology Embodiment, Sage, London. Jones, S, (1997), Virtual Culture : Identity and Communication in Cybersociety, Sage, London. Jordan, T, (1999), Cyberpower, The Culture and Politics of Cyberspace and the Internet, Routledge, London. Porter, D, (1997), Internet Culture, Routledge, London. Shields, R, (1996), Cultures of the Internet :virtual spaces, real histories, living bodies, Sage, London. Tomasz, M, (1994), Working out the Cyberbody : Sex and Gender Constructions in Text Based Virtual Space, Http://www. well.com/user/tmazur/research/sexgen.html Turkle, S (1995), Life on the Screen : Identity in the Age of the Internet, Simon and Schuster, New York. Wallace, P, (1999), The psychology of the Internet, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Unit Texts:	No prescribed texts.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Continuous Assessment - 100%. This by Grade/Mark Assessment.