MEDIA 314

Social Media

Please note: this is archived course information from 2023 for MEDIA 314.

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 314.

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 314: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage II in Communication or Media and Screen Studies

Restrictions

COMMS 204, FTVMS 235, 335, MEDIA 214.