Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- contexts, issues and debates relating to the cultures of digital technologies, their use, practices, historical and contemporary discourses;
- a selected range of critical concepts with applications to the analysis of digital cultures;
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- effectively manage your own workload, meet deadlines and work independently.
- articulate complex ideas at an advanced level through a variety of oral, written and digital formats;
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- demonstrate a depth of critical and analytical thinking in relation to digital cultures, their theories and philosophies;
- analyse, evaluate and make informed judgements regarding theoretical perspectives on topics such as networks and the internet, mobile media, screen culture and the relation between the analog and the digital.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Teaching | 26 |
Independent Study | 174 |
Total study time | 200 |
Resources & Reading list
Internet Resources
Institute of Network Cultures.
Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media and Technology.
Scan: Journal of Media, Arts, Culture.
Textbooks
E. Huhtamo and J. Parikka (2011). Media Archaeology. Berkeley: UC Press.
Kember, S. and Zylinska, J. (2012). Life After New Media: Mediation as a Vital Process. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England:: The MIT Press .
Bolter, J. D and Grusin, R. (1999). Remediation: Understanding New Media. MIT Press.
Haraway, D. (1991). Simians, Cyborgs and Women. routledge.
Lister, M. et al. (2009). New Media: A Critical Introduction. New York: Routledge.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Peer Group Feedback
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Digital Illustrated Essay | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Digital Illustrated Essay | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Digital Illustrated Essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External