UNSW Handbook Course - Language of Digital Media

Language of Digital Media - SOMA1600


	Faculty: College of Fine Arts
	School: School of Media Arts
	Course Outline: Download course outline (PDF format)
	Campus: College of Fine Arts Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Currently enrolled in program 4810 Digital Media or 3982 Digital Media/Computer Science or 3433 Media (Screen & Sound).
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

This course is only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Digital Media or Bachelor of Computing Science/Bachelor of Digital Media

This course provides an overview of theories of language and looks critically at the way these apply to popular media in the digital age. Starting with basic principles of communication and introducing theories of semiotics, students are encouraged to critically engage with the deconstruction of media as text. Lectures in this course provide an introduction to linguistic and semiotic theory, as well as newer concepts such as memetics. Media platforms are also examined in individual lectures, ranging from comics to digital games and hypertext. In tutorials the concepts introduced in lectures are examined in more detail, and assessment is undertaken through presentation involving the examination and analysis of popular media.

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