Overview
Critical debates on digital media; exploring the history of the digital as a worldview, as a crucial moment in the development of contemporary capitalism, and as a rapidly evolving technology.
Digital communication prevails today. Does this produce a new kind of world or more of the same? This paper will introduce students to current debates, issues and concepts in the critical study of the relationship between media, technology and society. The paper will be oriented around critical theory approaches to this study.
About this paper
| Paper title | Digital Media and Society |
|---|---|
| Subject | Media, Film and Communication |
| EFTS | 0.15 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 1 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $955.05 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 18 200-level MFCO or FIME points
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Notes
- May not be credited together with FIME305 passed in 2006 or 2007.
- Contact
- mfco@otago.ac.nz
- More information link
- View more information about MFCO 315
- Teaching staff
Convenor and lecturer: Dr Olivier Jutel
- Paper Structure
- Firstly, the paper surveys key thinkers in the study of digital media
- Secondly, it outlines key concepts and issues in relation to digital media
- Thirdly, it focuses upon specific forms of digital media (ie social media)
- Annotated bibliography 30%
- Essay one 30%
- Essay two 40%
- Teaching Arrangements
This paper is taught via lectures and tutorials.
- Textbooks
- Readings will be available from the library, online and on Blackboard.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Critical thinking, Research, Self-motivation.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will be able to:
- Explain the digital as a worldview
- Evaluate the social impact of digital media
- Detail the critical issues surrounding specific digital media forms
- Critically engage in debates on digital media and society
Timetable
Overview
Critical debates on digital media; exploring the history of the digital as a worldview, as a crucial moment in the development of contemporary capitalism, and as a rapidly evolving technology.
ChatGPT, Web3, private space exploration; our future seems to hinge on the pronouncements of tech-capitalists. This paper will introduce students to military histories, ideologies and political economies of digital media technologies which shape our future. The paper will be centered on the timely debates that surround new advances in AI, cyberwar and the geopolitics of digital communication.
About this paper
| Paper title | Digital Media and Society |
|---|---|
| Subject | Media, Film and Communication |
| EFTS | 0.15 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $981.75 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 18 200-level MFCO or FIME points
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Notes
- May not be credited together with FIME305 passed in 2006 or 2007.
- Contact
- mfco@otago.ac.nz
- More information link
- View more information about MFCO 315
- Teaching staff
Convener and lecturer: Dr Olivier Jutel
- Paper Structure
The paper is centered on five modules:
- Military histories of the digital
- Political economy of the digital
- Ideologies of the digital
- Politics of the digital
- Digital Futures
Assessment:
- Lecture participation (10%)
- Tutorial participation (10%)
- Short Answer Test (20%)
- Platform Capitalism Essay (20%)
- Digital Media Case Study (40%)
- Teaching Arrangements
This paper is taught via lectures and tutorials.
- Textbooks
- Readings will be available from the library, online and on Blackboard.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Critical thinking, Research, Self-motivation.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will be able to:
- Explain the digital as a worldview.
- Evaluate the social impact of digital media.
- Detail the critical issues surrounding specific digital media forms.
- Critically engage in debates on digital media and society.