306019 (v.1) Internet Studies 317 - New Virtual Collectives

Area:	Department of Media and Information
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	1.0

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Seminar:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	301052 (v.3) Internet Studies 103 - Socio-Technological Introduction or any previous version

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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Field of Education:	100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping)
Funding Cluster:	07 - Foreign Languages, Visual and Performing Arts
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Fully Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark
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