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306019 (v.1) Internet Studies 317 - New Virtual Collectives
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
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Syllabus: | 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. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Applied understanding of new electronic social networks in a global context to their professional and personal use of the Internet. Critically evaluated the impact of the Internet on new formations of social forms and collective practices. An understanding of the implications of new virtual collectives on group information. |
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: | Ebo, B, (1998), Cyberghetto or Cybertopia? Race, Class, and Gender on the Internet, Praeger, Westport, Connecticut. Holmes, D, (1997), Virtual Politics : Identity and Community in Cyberspace, Sage, London. Jones, S, (1998), Cybersociety 2.0: revistiingcomputer mediated communication and community, Sage Publications, California. Kolko, B, Nakamura, L, and Rodman, G, (2000), Race in Cyberspace, Routledge, New York. Rafaeli, S, Sudweeks, F and McLaughlin, M, (1998), Network and Netplay : Virtual Groupson the Internet, MA: MIT Press, Cambridge. Slevin, J, (2000), The Internet and Society, Polity Press, Cambridge. Smith, M, and Kollocks, P, (1999) Communities in Cyberspace, Rouledge, London. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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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 | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | | | Y |
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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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