UO Digital Mediascapes

Undergraduate | 2026

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Mode
Mode
Your study will be 100% online
100% online
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Area/Catalogue
MDIA 3012
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Course ID
204215
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Campus
Online
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
Course owner
Course owner
School of Comm, Media and Jour
Course coordinator
Course coordinator
Carissa Hubrechsen
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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
The fee you pay will depend on the number and type of courses you study.
Yes
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University-wide elective course
Yes
Single course enrollment
Single course enrolment
Yes

Course overview

The aim of this course is to examine the historical development of digital technologies and platforms and their impact on storytelling, emphasising their capacity to tell different kinds of stories around the social, cultural and political dimensions of contemporary society. This course expands student understanding of media production by considering how aspects of digital media intersects 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

  • apply 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.
  • understand and apply advanced theoretical and practical approaches to digital storytelling

Availability

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Census date
Fri 30/01/2026
Enrol by date
Enrol by date
Fri 23/01/2026
Last day to W
Last day to W
Fri 13/02/2026
Last day to WF
Last day to WF
Fri 27/02/2026

Class details

Online

Class number
Class number 1101
Section
Section 01OL
Size
Size 500
Available
Available 491
Dates Days Time Campus Location Instructor
- Online ,
Notes:
This course is only for students studying 100% online programs

Prerequisite(s)

N/A

Corequisite(s)

N/A

Antirequisite(s)

  • must not have completed COMM3071 UO Digital Mediascapes at the University of South Australia OR must not have completed COMM3079 Digital Mediascapes at the University of South Australia

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