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Visual Communication and Digital Media (MECM20014)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Overview
Availability | Semester 2 - Dual-Delivery |
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This subject offers a critical analysis of the ways in which contemporary practices of visual communication are being reshaped by digital media. It provides an overview of the digitisation of key visual media such as photography, cinema and video, and addresses the social and political implications of the growing use of digital networks as primary forms for the distribution and consumption of images. On successfully completing this subject, students will have gained an understanding of a wide range of issues affecting contemporary communications.
Students will engage with key issues for 21st century media industries including:
• how professional organisations such as news media and institutions such as courts deal with the changing ground for claims to truth and realism by media such as photography, film and video;
• the implications of photo-sharing and social networking websites as new cultural forms for the circulation of images;
• the blurring of lines between amateur and professional media production, and the growing use of visual communication by activists and NGOs.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the key concepts of visual communication, digital media, visual analysis, and networked culture.
- Recognise and explain the differing methodologies for understanding the relation between technological change in media industries and new practices of visual communication
- Identify and critically engage with an interdisciplinary approach to contemporary modes of visual communication.
- Demonstrate a capacity for critical thinking in relation to local and global processes of visual communication in the digital era.
Generic skills
- Prepare and present their ideas in both verbal and written mode, and in conformity to conventions of academic presentation.
- Reflect on their own learning and take responsibility for organising personal study.
- Participate in discussion and group activities and be sensitive to the participation of others.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Essay
| Mid semester | 30% |
Essay
| End of semester | 70% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend 80% of classes to pass this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Nikos Papastergiadis Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours per semester: 1-hour lecture and 1.- hour tutorial per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 July 2021 to 24 October 2021 Last self-enrol date 6 August 2021 Census date 31 August 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 September 2021 Assessment period ends 19 November 2021 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
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Last updated: 3 November 2022