AMU1278 · Communication technologies and practices

Overview

This unit introduces the study of communications technologies by focusing on analyses of audiences, effects and technology. You will explore the social uses and practices associated with traditional and new communication technologies. Areas of study include telephony, screen, radio, print, photography and digital communication technology, with a particular focus on aspects of historical development, sociocultural adaptations, and contemporary technological convergence. Unit readings and assessment tasks expect you to discuss these matters in relation to different sociocultural contexts, drawing upon material and case studies from Australia, Southeast Asia, and other relevant areas.

Areas of study: Communication Communication, media and screen studies Global studies in communication and media

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Describe and explain the development of communication technologies using theoretical frameworks and conceptual tools;
2. Identify and explain the social and political uses of communications technologies;
3. Recognise and discuss communication as an active production and negotiation of meanings, not just the transmission of information;
4. Identify and analyse relations between media texts and technologies, the identities and capacities of producers and audiences, and the aspirations of governments and other powerful social actors;
5. Use reading and note taking skills to develop critical perspectives on communication.

Workload

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. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.