ACC100 - Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: Communication in Everyday Life
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ALC101 |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 1 x 2-hour seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | Online independent and collaborative learning activities x 2-hours per week. |
| Note: | *Community Based Delivery (CBD) is for National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute students only. |
Content
Discover the complex, competing and intersecting linkages between the different communications disciplines. Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: Communication in Everyday Life explores the power of media in shaping publics and public interests, and the opportunities and challenges created in the network society. You will explore the rise of mass society and consumption, the convergence of media, the ongoing fragmentation of audiences and the changing political economy of the communications industries. Along the way, you will investigate and the analyse core concepts, themes, theories and methods that will enable you to navigate the communication disciplines.
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