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Writing and New Media
Postgraduate | SWI-PWR80004 | 2018
Course information for 2018 intake
Approach storytelling and narrative from a digital perspective.Look into the impact new media has had on writing and its relationship with the reader. Create work designed for social media platforms. Forecast trends in new media consumption.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- -
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Writing and New Media
About this subject
After successfully completing this subject, students will be able to:
- Critically reflect on and evaluate a range of creative techniques, methodologies, and theoretical approaches to Writing for new media and its platforms
- Demonstrate a high level of creative skill in the production, critique, and comparative analysis of a range of writing outputs for new media and digital environments
- Generate a substantial practice-led creative project, and produce and evaluate complex reflexive theorisations about their practice and project, and the practice and projects of others.
- What is new media?
- Approach to digital storytelling
- Interactive narratives
- Exploring Transmedia stories
- Online identities and the self
- Alternate realities and gaming
- Developing your project
This subject was previously known as LPW703.
This subject explores the theory and practice of new media writing. It builds skills enabling students to create work for a range of new media and social media platforms. Students will explore approaches to digital storytelling and transmedia narratives; reflect on the conventions and requirements of creating ‘text’ for digital media; discuss and theorise emerging trends in a range of media platforms; and experiment with the boundaries between producer and user.
Please note: assessment values are indicative only, details will be advised at the start of the subject.
- Online Discussion (60-70%)
- Assignments (30-40%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
one of
- SWI-PWR60001-Critical Friends: The Real and Virtual Support of Writers
SWI-LPW500 (Not currently available)
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:
SWI-LPW707 (Not currently available)
SWI-LPW703 (Not currently available)
Others
You should also have completed the 8 subjects comprising the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Writing) before enrolling in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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