| 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): |
309063 (v.1) NET35 - Network Culture and Virtual Society 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: |
Engaging with the central issues that emerge from within a world made increasingly digital, interconnected, and virtual by technologies such as the Internet. Students will select one of a number of topics and study it in detail. These topics include - virtual ethics, network infrastructures and economies, the evolution and meaning of cyberspace, virtual collectivity, the intersections of so-called 'old and new' media formations, and the re-invention of time, space and the body through networked ICTs. |
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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) |
| Funding Cluster: | 07 - Foreign Languages, Visual and Performing Arts |
| SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Essential
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability |
| Availability Information has not been provided by the respective School or Area. Prospective students should contact the School or Area listed above for further information. |
