Digital Mediascapes

Undergraduate | 2026

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Mode
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Your studies will be on-campus, and may include some online delivery
On campus
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Area/Catalogue
MDIA 3002
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Course ID
201169
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Campus
Adelaide City Campus West
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Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
Course owner
Course owner
School of Comm, Media and Jour
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Course level
3
Work Integrated Learning course
Work Integrated Learning course
No
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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Yes
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University-wide elective course
Yes
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Single course enrolment
Yes

Course overview

Digital Mediascapes expands student understanding of media production by considering how aspects of digital media intersect with local and global issues of space, aesthetics, personal, political, cultural and public life. Drawing on interdisciplinary studies, students will experiment with the affordances of digital media to explore the potential for new types of screen-based narratives.

Course learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the continuities and the differences between traditional screen media and contemporary digital media formats
  • Critically analyse how digital technologies have altered the social, cultural and political potential of narrative media
  • Apply advanced theoretical and practical approaches to digital storytelling
  • Work in teams to produce transmedia storytelling plans and content

Prerequisite(s)

N/A

Corequisite(s)

N/A

Antirequisite(s)

N/A

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