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Social Media, Communities and Networks

Postgraduate | CUR-MIC504 | 2019

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Surf online worlds, communities and sub-cultures. Explore the relationship between technology and social bonding. Plug into gaming, social and Indigenous online networks. Analyse how on and offline ways of communicating are beginning to blur.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
-

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Social Media, Communities and Networks

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. critique the operation, nature, purpose and origin of Internet-mediated communities and online networks of social interaction
    2. analyse specific examples of Internet-mediated social media communities and networks in terms of theories of broader interaction and identity within society
    3. interpret the complex relationship between technological forms of connectivity and social practices of connectivity
    4. use conceptual knowledge of Internet-mediated social media communities and networks to be an effective participant in diverse forms of online interaction
    5. integrate a broad range of perspectives on networked community.

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

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:

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

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