Writing on the Web

• • Introduction
  • Narrating and representing the self
  • The personal voice
  • The public voice
  • The attention economy
  • A new media audience
  • Links
  • Flows
  • The future of web publishing
  • Sourcing Information on the web and essay preparation
  • Copy/paste & copyright

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-MIC505-Writing on the Web
• CUR-NET34 (Not currently available)

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

This subject was previously known as Web Publishing.

This subject offers you a practically oriented, conceptually-based approach by which you can become more effective in written publishing via digital and social media. It considers how writing can accommodate the re-structured reading that comes from scrolling down, rather than turning a page, together with the non-linear flow that results from hyperlinking. In this subject, students engage in practical online writing tasks, while also gaining a clear understanding of how writing has evolved through digital forms of publishing. Key ideas relating to relevance, credibility, authority and utility in writing for digital and social media are also discussed.

Further Information: List of topics is indicative and subject to minor change prior to the start of each Study Period.

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• Exercise 1 (25%)
• Exercise 2 (35%)
• Essay (40%)

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