12883 (v.5) Media, Communication and Information 212 - Consumers, Audiences, Publics and Users

Area:

Department of Media and Information

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

2.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Seminar:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

12194 (v.5) Media, Communication and Information 111 - The Information Age or any previous version
AND
12881 (v.6) Media, Communication and Information 112 - Critical Communication or any previous version
AND
301065 (v.3) Media, Communication and Information 101 - Research and Presentation Skills or any previous version
AND
301066 (v.4) Media, Communication and Information 102 - In-Between Cultures and the Popular Media or any previous version

Syllabus:

The 'receiving end' of media, communication and information processes, consumers, users and public. Social and cultural consequences of consumption. Cognitive and socio-behavioural approaches to information acquisition and use. Information, mediation and the public sphere. Audiences and the formation of sub-cultures. Public spheres and national communities.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

07 - Foreign Languages, Visual and Performing Arts

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y			Y
2007	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 1	Y
2007	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External