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 |
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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| ** 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 |
Y |
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| 2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 2 |
Y |
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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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