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Digital Culture and Everyday Life

Undergraduate | CUR-NET102 | 2023

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Explore 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.

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:

    1. comprehend how the Internet and people’s everyday lives are interconnected
    2. apply library-based research skills to investigate different topics in the field of digital culture
    3. evaluate and apply different approaches to studying digital culture and everyday life, particularly through the broad frames of ‘economy’ and ‘identity’
    4. think critically and analytically about the impact of the Internet on society and culture, and articulate those thoughts in writing.

Entry requirements

No entry requirements

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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