Course overview
This course uses a dynamic research-informed understanding of the relationship between social media, identity and persona with attention to fandom, representational paradigms, influencers, and cultural politics. Students will be introduced to and learn to unpack the differences between persona 2 performances and other structures of identity performances across a range of personal, professional, and collective media.
- Personas In Digital Spaces
- Analysing Persona Performance
- Doing Persona Work
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate understanding of persona studies theories through analysis of online persona performances
- Differentiate between persona performances and other structures of identity performances across a range of domains
- Evaluate a range of disciplinary research on mediatised personas
- Apply structured methodological approaches to researching persona performances
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus West
Class number 27725
Section WS01
Size 24
Available 12
Class number 23765
Section WS02
Size 24
Available 8
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