units

AMU3449

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 22 December 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
Organisational UnitSchool of Arts and Social Sciences, Malaysia
OfferedMalaysia Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Dr Julian Hopkins

Synopsis

This unit looks at the influence of social media in the 21st century, and focuses on how key technologies require new literacies. It will explore the continuities with, and divergences from, previous media forms in terms of everyday practices, entertainment, politics, and market-related contexts.
The unit covers topics such as interactions of technology and society, the commercialisation of the internet, internet and politics, everyday uses of the internet, and the future of the internet. It draws upon material and case studies from the USA, Southeast Asia, and other relevant areas.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the unit, students should be able to:

  1. Explain and demonstrate how social media influence human interactions;
  2. Use different software for explaining and expressing ideas, concepts and arguments;
  3. Work in a team to plan and execute a social media oriented research project;
  4. Use relevant theories and concepts to critically assess the place of social media in society;
  5. Contextualise and explain how mobile media relate to diverse global cultural, social, political, and economic contexts.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Julian Hopkins

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Communications

Prerequisites

Twelve credit points of second-year Arts units.