|
| |
306013 (v.1) Internet Studies 316 - Time, Space and the Cyberbody
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. |
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: | 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. |
Field of Education: | 100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
|
Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Fully Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
|
AvailabilityAvailability Information has not been provided by the respective School or Area. Prospective students should contact the School or Area listed above for further information.
|
Click here for a printable version of this page
|
|
|
|
