Recommended Study Sequence

The introduction of broadband, internet and mobile media have transformed audiences from passive consumers to creative consumer/producers of media content. They have enriched the media experiences of audiences by facilitating the creatve use of collective intelligence and social networking while increasing levels of surveillance and diminishing personal privacy. This unit explores the uneasy fit between creative and mobile audiences, new media arts practice, global commercial significance of media arts and new media audiences today in terms of the theoretical and policy issues, and interrogates questions raised by increased access and mobility. It includes case studies of existing and emerging new media forms such as those found at YouTube, MySpace, Flickr and other mass user sites and examines the social impact and ethical issues raised by these developments. The unit is organized into three modules: Global Media Trends; The Network Society; and Key Policy Debates.

This unit is designed to introduce students to the basics of reporting for television news and information programs. Students will analyse the kinds of stories commonly covered by television news and information programs and undertake their own projects. Students will also analyse he consruction and function of televisionews nd information programs within the broader media environment. Students will prepare prepackaged material and also present reports or 'location hostings' from outside the studio to be linked back to central control.

This unit offers each student the opportunity to develop a detailed media project proposal to the proof of concept/pilot stage in response to a chosen set "live" brief. Projects may be for television, online delivery or cross platform delivery. The project proposal will cover background research, precedent and case studies, specification/treatment, pilot and pitch to industry professionals. The objective is to provide a detailed specification for the major media project production unit that follows.

The introduction of broadband, internet and mobile media have transformed audiences from passive consumers to creative consumer/producers of media content. They have enriched the media experiences of audiences by facilitating the creatve use of collective intelligence and social networking while increasing levels of surveillance and diminishing personal privacy. This unit explores the uneasy fit between creative and mobile audiences, new media arts practice, global commercial significance of media arts and new media audiences today in terms of the theoretical and policy issues, and interrogates questions raised by increased access and mobility. It includes case studies of existing and emerging new media forms such as those found at YouTube, MySpace, Flickr and other mass user sites and examines the social impact and ethical issues raised by these developments. The unit is organized into three modules: Global Media Trends; The Network Society; and Key Policy Debates.

This unit is designed to introduce students to the basics of reporting for television news and information programs. Students will analyse the kinds of stories commonly covered by television news and information programs and undertake their own projects. Students will also analyse he consruction and function of televisionews nd information programs within the broader media environment. Students will prepare prepackaged material and also present reports or 'location hostings' from outside the studio to be linked back to central control.

This unit offers each student the opportunity to develop a detailed media project proposal to the proof of concept/pilot stage in response to a chosen set "live" brief. Projects may be for television, online delivery or cross platform delivery. The project proposal will cover background research, precedent and case studies, specification/treatment, pilot and pitch to industry professionals. The objective is to provide a detailed specification for the major media project production unit that follows.