Web Communications

• • Introduction: what's in a name?
  • What is the internet?
  • What is the world wide web?
  • What is Web 2.0?
  • Blogging
  • Wikis
  • Social networks
  • Content sharing
  • Internet footprints
  • Digital shadows
  • Social me(dia) rivers
  • The future(s) of internet communication

You won't be able to enrol into this subject if you've already successfully completed or currently enrolled in the following subject(s) as they are considered anti-requisites due to the similarity of the content.

• CUR-MIC501-Web Communications

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

The Internet has dramatically changed the way people and organisations communicate, whether for better or worse. For many, online communication through digital and social media is now one of their most significant forms of interaction with others. Digital and social media also underpin collaboration between people, either in formal groups or loose networks. Understanding how the Internet affords us new and different ways of communicating is, therefore, essential. This subject will enable you to become an effective and sophisticated user of digital and social media, able to deploy techniques, technologies and underlying concepts for online communication, collaboration and media creation.

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• Exercise (15%)
• Essay (35%)
• Case Study (50%)

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