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)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Central External
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1		Y
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2		Y
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2008	Lim Kok Wing Uni Malaysia	Semester 1	Y
2008	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 1	Y
2008	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