Undergraduate | CUR-NET102 | 2023
Digital Culture and Everyday Life
Course information for 2023 intake
View information for 2024 course intakeExplore where digital life ends and real life begins. Identify ways in which every day social activities like dating and praying have become digitised. Look into the causes and consequences of our increasing social connection with the online world.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- No ATAR needed,
- No prior study
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Digital Culture and Everyday Life
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- comprehend how the Internet and people’s everyday lives are interconnected
- apply library-based research skills to investigate different topics in the field of digital culture
- evaluate and apply different approaches to studying digital culture and everyday life, particularly through the broad frames of ‘economy’ and ‘identity’
- think critically and analytically about the impact of the Internet on society and culture, and articulate those thoughts in writing.
- How has the internet changed and influenced everyday life - both your own life and the lives of others
- The broader issues of the impact of the internet on community, identity, economy and society
This subject was previously known as Internet and Everyday Life.
For many people, everyday life now involves constant interaction with the Internet via digitally networked platforms and devices. As cyberspace and real space come together, it can be easy to miss the impacts of the Internet on us and on our society and culture. Students will explore how their own experiences and ‘everyday Internet’ may be different from others, and the implications of this for studying digital culture. Through specific topics such as entertainment, politics, sex, and relationships students will analyse digital culture conceptually, towards better understanding how technology and society are intertwined.
Further Information: List of topics is indicative and subject to minor change prior to the start of each Study Period.
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- Essay Plan (20%)
- Annotated Bibliography (30%)
- Essay (50%)
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Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
CUR-NET12 (Not currently available)
Study load
0.125 EFTSL
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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following degrees
UndergraduateCUR-NET-DEG
UndergraduateCUR-NET-CTF
UndergraduateCUR-ICP-DEG
Bachelor of Arts (Digital and Social Media) (Professional Writing and Publishing)
UndergraduateCUR-ICV-DEG
Bachelor of Arts (Digital and Social Media) (Visual Culture)
UndergraduateCUR-DDI-DEG
Bachelor of Arts (Digital Experience and Interaction Design) (Digital and Social Media)
UndergraduateCUR-FAI-DEG
UndergraduateCUR-COM-DEG
UndergraduateCUR-PWP-DEG
UndergraduateCUR-JPN-DEG
UndergraduateCUR-KOR-DEG
UndergraduateCUR-CHN-DEG
UndergraduateCUR-AGD-DEG
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