COMN12-302: Digital Media and Society

Description

This subject examines changes to the global media environment in order to ready future knowledge workers for the rapidly changing professional employment market. Among the most profound of the changes in communications in recent years are global communication networks, digitalisation, mobile content creation and delivery, human-machine interaction, virtualisation, artificial intelligence, big data and democratisation of video, sound and text. 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

• January 2019 [Standard]
• September 2018 [Standard]
• January 2018 [Standard]
• September 2017 [Standard]

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