Course

Online and Mobile Media - MDIA5003

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

School: School of the Arts and Media

Course Outline: School of the Arts and Media

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: Enrolment in a postgraduate Journalism & Communication, PR & Advertising, PR & Advertising/Design, or Law, Media & Journalism program ¿ ¿

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course focuses on how new technologies, genres and audiences are affecting the media landscape. You will engage critically with new media theory. You will also learn about the practical possibilities of new media, the role of websites and social software for communication professionals and the editorial issues associated with online media production.Topics include the evolution of media technologies; the impact of online sites and web logs on the role and status of mainstream journalism; the changing nature of audiences in an online and mobile media era; ways that communication professionals can use websites and social software; citizen journalism; copyright; and open source production.
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