Digital and Mobile Journalism (MECM30017)

Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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This subject teaches writing, design and production skills for digital media, with a focus on journalism created on mobile devices, a significant, but still emerging, field of contemporary news production. Students learn how to produce and manage content across a range of digital media platforms and formats (video, audio, image, text); with a key component of the course capturing video and recording audio to industry standard. Techniques taught involve production of both breaking news and rich content non-fiction stories, as well as practices of curating and sharing digital content. Students also learn to edit non-fiction stories and rich media files using a range of software designed for phones, laptops and desktop computers.

The practical skills taught are embedded in a pedagogical framework of media ethics and digital transformation studies.

Intended learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to:

  • Distinguish the place of digital production and mobile journalism in the contemporary media landscape.
  • Develop a familiarity with the techniques used to produce, distribute and curate media reports on mobile devices to a professional standard.
  • Build an awareness of industry standards for production and delivery of digital video.
  • Identify the ethical considerations of reporting on mobile media, and apply the ethical and social constraints of situational reporting to their own practice.

Last updated: 4 March 2025