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:
- a selected range of critical concepts with applications to the analysis of digital cultures;
- contexts, issues and debates relating to the cultures of digital technologies, their use, practices, historical and contemporary discourses;
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.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- articulate complex ideas at an advanced level through a variety of oral, written and digital formats;
- effectively manage your own workload, meet deadlines and work independently.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 126 |
Teaching | 24 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Internet Resources
Scan: Journal of Media, Arts, Culture.
Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media and Technology.
Institute of Network Cultures.
Textbooks
E. Huhtamo and J. Parikka (2011). Media Archaeology. Berkeley: UC Press.
Lister, M. et al. (2009). New Media: A Critical Introduction. New York: Routledge.
Haraway, D. (1991). Simians, Cyborgs and Women. routledge.
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.
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