NEWM3001 Media Cultures 3

Later Year Course

Offered By	School of Cultural Inquiry
Academic Career	Undergraduate
Course Subject	New Media Arts
Offered in	NEWM3001 will not be offered in 2012
Unit Value	6 units
Course Description	This interdisciplinary later year course is a third year elective in the BA (New Media Arts degree and for Digital Major students in the BA Visual Arts. It is also a recommended unit for prospective Honours students in the Digital Arts Major within the BA (Visual Arts) and is required for BA(DA) students wanting to go on to Honours. The course consists of a weekly reading and discussion seminar which will further explore new media arts issues that have been introduced in Media cultures 1 and 2. The focus in Media Cultures 3 will be on analysing new media in cultural production. Discussion topics include Activism Cultural and technological convergence in new media, Adaptation between platforms, Performance, both live and virtual: networks, dramatic, cinematic. Transcultural communication and activism through digital media and Digital art.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of this course, you should be able to Course seminars will offer participation group discussions on the development of students' individual research projects and, in conjunction with the assessment process, will develop a high level of intellectual and practical expertise in research, oral presentation and ideas, analysis and individual project development in the field of digital media texts and practices.
Indicative Assessment	Oral presentation and 600 word paper on a weekly prescribed reading - presented in class, 20%. 15 minute Oral Presentation: Self-reflexive analysis of new media text of won choice, 15%. Research Project Proposal, Outline and Research Bibliography 1000 words, 25% Final Submission of Research Project 4000 words, 50%.
Workload	1 x 2-hour seminar per week
Assumed Knowledge and Required Skills	Ability to analyse Media Texts.
Requisite Statement	NEWM2001 Media Cultures 2, or permission of the Convenor.
Consent Required	If NEWM2001 not completed.
Prescribed Texts	Readings are provided online through the WebCT site for the course.
Indicative Reading List	Online Journals: New Media and Society, Media Culture and Society, Games Studies, Transformative Works and Culture, Convergence: the international journal of research into media studies, Animation: an interdisciplinary journal.
Academic Contact	Catherine Frances Summerhayes and Dr Cathie Summerhayes

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