MEDIA 214
Social Media
Please note: this is archived course information from 2023 for MEDIA 214.
Description
Addresses issues related to the use of social media and considers in particular the influence of new media corporations such as Facebook, as well as platforms like Twitter, SnapChat, Tinder and YouTube. Explores our cultural practices and social rituals in relation to these peer-to-peer, one-to-many media technologies, and examines this revolution in the media landscape.
For full course information see the Digital Course Outline for MEDIA 214.
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 2023
Not offered in 2023; planned for 2024
Lecturer(s)
TBA
Points
MEDIA 214: 15 points
Prerequisites
15 points at Stage I in Media and Screen Studies and 30 points passed, or 30 points in Communication
Restrictions
COMMS 204, FTVMS 235, 335, MEDIA 314.