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Postgraduate CUR-MIC505-2019

Writing on the Web

Evolve your writing from the page to the screen. Publish polished pieces for social media and the web. Explore emerging changes in the language and structure of the written realm of the digital domain. Get critical about credibility and assess authority.

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Duration

13 weeks

Study method

100% online

Available loans

  • FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

  • 31 Aug 2020
Curtin University

Start your career with Curtin’s globally recognised courses and extensive industry connections. Through OUA, our online courses offer an interactive and collaborative learning experience that gets you the same degree as if you studied on campus. Curtin is a global university with a vibrant culture of innovation and collaboration and is ranked in the top one per cent of universities worldwide.

QS RANKING

Times Higher Education Ranking

  • 2019
  • 2020

Subject details

What you'll learn

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

  1. use relevant expertise in writing and presenting information publicly across multiple internet mediated platforms
  2. analyse the Internet's various contexts and cultures for, and channels of, communication that influence writing and publishing
  3. present arguments concerning the importance of credibility, authority and utility in creating and assessing internet writing
  4. research and critically analyse specific features of the Internet as a medium for effective writing and publishing.
Topics covered
    • Introduction: Writing and Technology
    • Informing and Framing your Writing
    • Language, Code and Expression
    • Re-wiring Hypertext: Writing for Web2.0
    • Authorship and Personal Interest Blogs
    • Orwell
    • Collaborative Writing
    • Comment Culture and The Attention Economy
    • Tweeting and Texting
    • Online Journalism
    • E-Literature, E-Fiction, E-Books
    • Publishing Online: The Open Access Movement
  • Study resources

    • Instructional methods

      • Audio/Video conferencing
      • Blog
      • Chat Rooms
      • Discussion forum/Discussion Board
      • Online assignment submission
      • Podcasting/Lecture capture
      • Streaming Multimedia
      • Web links
    • Print materials

      • Welcome letter
    • Online materials

      • Online Assessment
      • Audio-Video streaming
      • Resources and Links
      • Printable format materials
Entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • CUR-WEB206-Writing on the Web

Special requirements

No special requirements

Description

Writing is a technology. Yet there is little discussion of writing on the web. From Facebook updates, to tweeting, blogging, comment culture, online journalism, and the truncation of language via texting, writing remains dominant in digitisation. This subject offers you a practically oriented, conceptually-based approach by which you can become more effective in written publishing on the internet. From understanding how writing can capture the re-structured reading that comes from scrolling down rather than turning a page, to the reinscription of structure and flow via hyperlinking, a cohesive approach to considering the written word in a digital framework will be considered. Not only will students be writing online but they will understand how writing has evolved via digital forms of publishing. Interwoven in these themes will be underlying information issues such as relevance, credibility, authority and utility.

This subject examines writing on the web in its many diverse forms. Students will gain a theoretical understanding of the different modes of writing in an online environment as well as practical skills in exploring their own writing. They will think through the practice of writing, consider what it means for a culture, and examine how writing can be transformative. In particular, the unit explores the relationships between authorship and authority, hypertext and credibility, collaboration and consciousness, comment culture and bullying, news and entertainment, as well as considering short-form texting and emojis.

Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.

Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.

Assessments

  • Web content creation I (25%)
  • Web content creation II (35%)
  • Research Essay (40%)
Textbooks


Textbook information is pending.

Related degrees

postgraduate CUR-MIC-MAS-2019

Master of Internet Communications

postgraduate CUR-MIC-GDI-2019

Graduate Diploma in Internet Communications

postgraduate CUR-MIC-GCE-2019

Graduate Certificate in Internet Communications

postgraduate OUA-PSU-GCE-2019

Postgraduate Single Subjects

postgraduate UNE-PRO-GCE-2019

Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice

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