AMU3029 · Digital Asia research project

Overview

In this unit you will explore the distinctiveness of Asia as a negotiated terrain for digital media research. You will learn about specific historical trajectories that frame the digitization of Asian societies, patterns of digital inclusion and exclusion prevalent in them, and the particular digital media ecologies that mediate policies and practices in Asian contexts. You will apply knowledge gained through readings and workshops to an original research project dedicated to the collection and analysis of primary data using qualitative digital methods, which will be undertaken in groups.

Areas of study: Communications

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. critically apply relevant theories and concepts to understand and discuss the distinctiveness of Asia as an object of digital media research;
2. collaborate effectively to plan and execute an ethnographic research project examining social media’s influence on human interactions in Asian concepts;
3. apply key ethnographic methods for researching everyday uses of digital media in Asian contexts.

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.