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305995 (v.1) Internet Studies 506 - Cyberanalytics
Area: | Department of Media and Information |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
Seminar: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | The intersection of Internet technologies and established social and cultural analytic techniques and the most appropriate methods for an Internet-based analytics. Development of skills through understanding and application of special techniques, such as reflective practice and electronic learning, to Internet analysis according to different contexts and purposes. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have- Applied analytical technique to studying and researching the Internet. Understood how analytical techniques are transformed by the particularities of the Internet. Gained applied experience of developing projects within an online environment. Been prepared for the reflective future use of the Internet in a professional environment. Worked at an advanced level suitable for graduate study. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Jone, S, (1999), Doing Internet Research: Critical Issues And Methods For Examining The Net, Sage Publications, London. Markham, A, (1998), Life Online: Researching Real Experience In Virtual Space, Altamira Press, London. Rena, M and Palloff, D, (1999), Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the Onlin e Classroom, Jossey Bass Publishers, San Francisco. Birnbaum, H, (2000) Psychological Experiments in the Internet San Diego, Academic Press, California. Gautlett D, (2000), Web studies : rewiring media studies for the digital age, Arnold, London. Eisenstadt, M and Vincent, T, (2000), The knowledge web : learning and collablorating on the net, Stylus Publishers, Sterling, VA. Harris, C, (1996), An Internet education : a guide to doing research on the Internet, Intergrated Media Group, Belmont. |
Unit Texts: | No specified text. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Continuous assessment - 100%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: |  100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1   |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: |  Fully Online   | Result Type: |  Grade/Mark |
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Availability
Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | 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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