APG5458 · Digital technology, policy and governance

Overview

This unit examines regulatory forces that shape the development and evolution of digital media. Looking in detail at major policy issues arising from digital media industries, the unit engages with important contemporary debates about internet access, user data, privacy, online content, business models and industry structures. Using global case studies, you will develop the skills necessary to understand the interplay between technology and policy, and gain the capacity to anticipate and evaluate future trends in the regulation of digital 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. Critically analyse key policy issues, challenges and cases within digital media industries;
2. Critically evaluate the regulatory, industry and community responses to digital technology and policy issues;
3. Undertake original research into emerging digital technologies and associated regulation and policy contexts;
4. Communicate research findings and insights in a clear, concise, accurate and engaging way using appropriate audio/visual elements and written reporting conventions.

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. 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.

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