ALM202 - Quantified Media

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Trimester 2 Unit Chair:

Toija Cinque

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

Nil

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 2 hour Seminar per week and online media activities

Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online):

Online independent and collaborative learning and online media activities (1 X 2 hour Seminar per week equivalent).

Content

This unit enables students to explore and experience the contemporary data-driven era of social media visibility, big data and personal engagement with quantified media. Students engage in modes of enquiry that examine emerging cultural, political, economic, literary, digital, educational footprints and social media sightlines. The unit presents the current dilemmas and issues that are central to the critical understanding of quantified media and our emerging Quantified Self via digital analytics. Students learn how to gather data to analyse and evaluate information to complete a range of scaffolded activities in pursuit of broadening knowledge or finding solutions to unpredictable and sometimes complex problems.

Assessment

Assessment 1 - Quantified Media Analytical Essay - 25%

Assessment 2 - Digital Media Portfolio Exercise - 25%

Assessment 3 - Data Collection and Final Output Conclusion - 50%