Media Futures unit (HEJ331)

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Introduction

How do emerging technologies and communication practices integrate into society? This unit invites you to consider the speculative environment for emerging and new media. We consider how new media technologies and their uses encounter legal and ethical issues, and the social implications of these technologies. What does the future hold for our dominant media industries, and what do we carry forward with us, and what is left behind?

Summary

Unit name	Media Futures
Unit code	HEJ331
Credit points	12.5
College/School	Arts and Society Humanities and Social Sciences
Discipline	Media
Coordinator	Doctor Kathleen Williams
Available as an elective?	Yes
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Advanced

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Semester 2	4/7/2027	26/7/2027	29/8/2027	23/10/2027

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2027 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2027 will be available from the 1st October 2026. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

• Discriminate between emergent media and legacy media technologies
• Critique how media designs are communicated, and how emerging media are negotiated into the present
• Contextualise and theorise the political, ethical and economic implications of these technologies in local, national and trans-national communities and networks
• Speculate on possible cultural scenarios, both positive and negative, created by emergent media technologies and their integration into society

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Prerequisites

25 credit points in intermediate level units in Media and Communication

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	Two hourly weekly tutorial One hour of weekly online content
Assessment	Media failure case study (20%)|Future Knowledges and Platforms Project (40%)|Speculative design project (40%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Required readings are available in Weekly MyLo content, and provided by the unit coordinator.

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