COMMS 100

Communication, Technology and Culture

Please note: this is archived course information from 2024 for COMMS 100.

Description

Explores the past, present and future of communication media. Examines communication media within their social context, and provides a particular focus on the interplay between technology and culture. Key concepts in the study of communication are introduced and various communication media are studied via specific case studies, with particular emphasis placed on new digital platforms including social and mobile media as well as older forms such as television and cinema.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline COMMS 100.

Digital Course Outlines are refreshed in November for the following year. Digital Course Outlines for courses to be offered for the first time may be published slightly later.

Availability 2024

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Lecturer(s) Associate Professor Luke Goode

Reading/Texts

TBA

Points

COMMS 100: 15 points

Restrictions

Nil