COMN12-302: Digital Media and Society

Description

This subject examines changes to the global media environment to prepare future knowledge workers for the rapidly changing professional employment market. Some of the most profound changes have occurred in global communication networks, digitalisation of media, mobile content creation and delivery, human-machine interaction, virtualisation, artificial intelligence, big data, and video, sound and text democratisation. These global media trends are examined in their social context drawing on interdisciplinary studies that include humanities, arts, social sciences, and business.

Subject details

Learning outcomes

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the key concepts and theories used to debate the merits of emerging media.
2. Demonstrate ability to debate in written and oral work the opposing perspectives commonly held about the value of emerging media for the health of our society.
3. Demonstrate ability to create on-line publications including a podcast and a blog.
4. Demonstrate ability to complete work suitable for public dissemination by creating professional content according to deadlines.

Enrolment requirements

Subject outlines

• September 2021 [Standard]
• September 2020 [Standard - Digital Media and Society]
• January 2020 [Standard]
• September 2019 [Standard]
• January 2019 [Standard]
• September 2018 [Standard]
• January 2018 [Standard]
• September 2017 [Standard]

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