Area: |
Department of Media and Information |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
2.0 |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Seminar: |
1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Equivalent(s): |
305453 (v.2) NET32 The Internet - Infrastructures and Economies or any previous version
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Prerequisite(s): |
301052 (v.3) Internet Studies 103 - Socio-Technological Introduction or any previous version
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Syllabus: |
Focus on the key technological infrastructure of the Internet, telecommunications systems, specialised computing hardware and the software applications and their relationship to broader economic dimensions. Looking at concepts such as the 'attention' economy and the new knowledge economy, students study the commercial structures that underpin Internet technological development and their impact on social formations and political directions. |
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| ** 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. ** |
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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 |
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Y |
| 2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 2 |
Y |
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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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