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MECO837 – Digital Media Strategies
2015 – S1 Day
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
John Potts
Karen Pearlman
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| Credit points |
Credit points
4
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MCrMedia or MFJ
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
This unit examines the impacts of new technologies on media practices, industries and economies. Key media forms are contextualised within histories of transformation and continuity, and current issues affecting production and distribution are explored.
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Important Academic Dates
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Engage in sophisticated critical analysis of creative media works (Graduate Capabilities 2, 3, 6)
- Consolidate theoretical knowledge and understanding specific to the discipline of media arts and media practice (GC 1, 2, 3 & 6)
- Communicate knowledge and critical expertise in written and spoken forms to professional audiences (GC 4, 5 & 6)
- Situate an understanding of creative media practice within a broader theoretical and environmental framework (GC 2, 5 & 6)
- Synthesise theoretical and creative approaches to contemporary issues in media practice, including intellectual property and models of publication (GC 1, 3 & 6)
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Due | Groupwork/Individual | Short Extension | AI Approach |
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| Presentation | 25% | 3 June | No | ||
| Major Essay | 40% | 10 June | No | ||
| Minor Essay | 25% | 6 May | No | ||
| Participation | 10% | 3 June | No |
Presentation
Due: 3 June
Weighting: 25%
Groupwork/Individual:
Short extension 3: No
AI Approach:
A presentation delivered to the seminar group on a case study of disruption to a specific media industry or form. Presentations should be twenty minutes in duration and take place in the seminars of Weeks 10 - 13.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Engage in sophisticated critical analysis of creative media works (Graduate Capabilities 2, 3, 6)
- Consolidate theoretical knowledge and understanding specific to the discipline of media arts and media practice (GC 1, 2, 3 & 6)
- Communicate knowledge and critical expertise in written and spoken forms to professional audiences (GC 4, 5 & 6)
- Situate an understanding of creative media practice within a broader theoretical and environmental framework (GC 2, 5 & 6)
- Synthesise theoretical and creative approaches to contemporary issues in media practice, including intellectual property and models of publication (GC 1, 3 & 6)
Major Essay
Due: 10 June
Weighting: 40%
Groupwork/Individual:
Short extension 3: No
AI Approach:
This essay is the major research paper on a topic of your choice within the domain of media forms, media industry and technological disruption. The essay should be on a different topic to the minor essay. Word limit is 4,000 words.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Engage in sophisticated critical analysis of creative media works (Graduate Capabilities 2, 3, 6)
- Consolidate theoretical knowledge and understanding specific to the discipline of media arts and media practice (GC 1, 2, 3 & 6)
- Communicate knowledge and critical expertise in written and spoken forms to professional audiences (GC 4, 5 & 6)
- Situate an understanding of creative media practice within a broader theoretical and environmental framework (GC 2, 5 & 6)
- Synthesise theoretical and creative approaches to contemporary issues in media practice, including intellectual property and models of publication (GC 1, 3 & 6)
Minor Essay
Due: 6 May
Weighting: 25%
Groupwork/Individual:
Short extension 3: No
AI Approach:
A minor research essay on a topic of your choice relating to media industries and disruption. Word length is 2,000 words.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Engage in sophisticated critical analysis of creative media works (Graduate Capabilities 2, 3, 6)
- Consolidate theoretical knowledge and understanding specific to the discipline of media arts and media practice (GC 1, 2, 3 & 6)
- Communicate knowledge and critical expertise in written and spoken forms to professional audiences (GC 4, 5 & 6)
- Situate an understanding of creative media practice within a broader theoretical and environmental framework (GC 2, 5 & 6)
- Synthesise theoretical and creative approaches to contemporary issues in media practice, including intellectual property and models of publication (GC 1, 3 & 6)
Participation
Due: 3 June
Weighting: 10%
Groupwork/Individual:
Short extension 3: No
AI Approach:
Contribute to seminar discussion.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Engage in sophisticated critical analysis of creative media works (Graduate Capabilities 2, 3, 6)
- Consolidate theoretical knowledge and understanding specific to the discipline of media arts and media practice (GC 1, 2, 3 & 6)
- Communicate knowledge and critical expertise in written and spoken forms to professional audiences (GC 4, 5 & 6)
- Situate an understanding of creative media practice within a broader theoretical and environmental framework (GC 2, 5 & 6)
- Synthesise theoretical and creative approaches to contemporary issues in media practice, including intellectual property and models of publication (GC 1, 3 & 6)
Delivery and Resources
The unit is in the form of weekly two hour seminars. Readings will be provided by the convenors.
Unit Schedule
Week 1: 25 February - Unit introduction
Week 2: 4 March - What is Media Disruption?
Reading: Clayton M. Christensen, 'Introduction', The Innovator's Dilemma, Second Edition, New York: HarperBusiness (2000)
Jill Lepore, 'The Disruption Machine: What the Gospel of Innovation Gets Wrong', The New Yorker, 23 June, pp. 30-36, 2014
Week 3: 11 March - The new music industry. From ownership models to service models and the rise of user generated content (Julian Knowles)
Reading: 'Rethinking Music: A Framing Paper' in Rethinking Music: A Briefing Book. The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University (2011).
Burkart, P., 'Music in the Cloud and the Digital Sublime', Popular Music and Society, pp.1-15 (2013).
Week 4: 18 March - The artist/fan relationship and new audience engagement strategies (Julian Knowles)
Reading: Brown, S., 'Artist autonomy in a digital era: The case of Nine Inch Nails', Empirical Musicology Review, Vol 6. No. 4. (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52949
Belsky, Kahr, Berkelhammer & Benkler Everything in Its Right Place: Social Cooperation and Artist Compensation. Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review. Volume 17, Issue 1 (2010) http://www.mttlr.org/volseventeen/belsky.pdf
Week 5: 25 March - Reconceptualising the recording (Julian Knowles)
Reading: Thomas, S., 'Artists' Recordworks in the Early Twenty-First Century', Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America Vol. 32, No. 2 (pp. 253-273) (Fall 2013) http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/673516
Morrow, G Radiohead's Managerial Creativity. Convergence : the international journal of research into new media technologies, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp.161-176 (2009) http://con.sagepub.com/content/15/2/161.short
Wikstrom, P., 'A Typology of Music Distribution Models', International Journal of Music Business Research 1 (1), 7-20 (2012)
http://musicbusinessresearch.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/ijmbr_april_2012_patrik_wikstrom1.pdf Social Music Services
Week 6: 1 April: Disruption and Journalism
Reading: John Potts, 'Introduction', The Future of Writing, Basingstoke: Palgrave Pivot (2014)
Kate Eltham, 'When the Web is the World', The Future of Writing (2014)
Jennifer Beckett and Catharine Lumby, 'Reading and Writing the News in the Fifth Estate', The Future of Writing (2014)
Note: Chapters from The Future of Writing (e-book) are available for download from the library online catalogue.
MID-SEMESTER BREAK
Week 7: 22 April - The Publishing Industry
Reading: Richard Nash, 'Culture is the Algorithm', The Future of Writing (2014)
Sherman Young, 'Me Myself I: Revaluing Self-Publishing in the Electronic Age', The Future of Writing (2014)
John Potts, 'Book Doomsday: the March of Progress and the Fate of the Book', The Future of Writing (2014)
Week 8: 29 April - Creative Writing Technologies
Reading: Nigel Krauth, 'Multigraph, not Monograph: Creative Writing and New Technologies', The Future of Writing (2014)
Kathryn Millard and Alex Munt, 'The Design of Writing: 29 Observations', The Future of Writing (2014)
Week 9 : 6 May: Media Disruption Reconsidered
Weeks 10 - 13: Student Presentations
Policies and Procedures
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy.html
Grading Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Grievance Management Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grievance_management/policy.html
Disruption to Studies Policy http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html The Disruption to Studies Policy is effective from March 3 2014 and replaces the Special Consideration Policy.
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Student Code of Conduct
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
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Graduate Capabilities
PG - Capable of Professional and Personal Judgment and Initiative
Our postgraduates will demonstrate a high standard of discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgment. They will have the ability to make informed choices and decisions that reflect both the nature of their professional work and their personal perspectives.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Engage in sophisticated critical analysis of creative media works (Graduate Capabilities 2, 3, 6)
- Synthesise theoretical and creative approaches to contemporary issues in media practice, including intellectual property and models of publication (GC 1, 3 & 6)
Assessment tasks
- Presentation
- Major Essay
- Minor Essay
- Participation
PG - Discipline Knowledge and Skills
Our postgraduates will be able to demonstrate a significantly enhanced depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content knowledge in their chosen fields.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Consolidate theoretical knowledge and understanding specific to the discipline of media arts and media practice (GC 1, 2, 3 & 6)
- Situate an understanding of creative media practice within a broader theoretical and environmental framework (GC 2, 5 & 6)
Assessment tasks
- Presentation
- Major Essay
- Minor Essay
- Participation
PG - Critical, Analytical and Integrative Thinking
Our postgraduates will be capable of utilising and reflecting on prior knowledge and experience, of applying higher level critical thinking skills, and of integrating and synthesising learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments. A characteristic of this form of thinking is the generation of new, professionally oriented knowledge through personal or group-based critique of practice and theory.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Engage in sophisticated critical analysis of creative media works (Graduate Capabilities 2, 3, 6)
- Consolidate theoretical knowledge and understanding specific to the discipline of media arts and media practice (GC 1, 2, 3 & 6)
- Situate an understanding of creative media practice within a broader theoretical and environmental framework (GC 2, 5 & 6)
- Synthesise theoretical and creative approaches to contemporary issues in media practice, including intellectual property and models of publication (GC 1, 3 & 6)
Assessment tasks
- Presentation
- Major Essay
- Minor Essay
- Participation
PG - Research and Problem Solving Capability
Our postgraduates will be capable of systematic enquiry; able to use research skills to create new knowledge that can be applied to real world issues, or contribute to a field of study or practice to enhance society. They will be capable of creative questioning, problem finding and problem solving.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- Synthesise theoretical and creative approaches to contemporary issues in media practice, including intellectual property and models of publication (GC 1, 3 & 6)
Assessment tasks
- Presentation
- Major Essay
- Minor Essay
- Participation
PG - Effective Communication
Our postgraduates will be able to communicate effectively and convey their views to different social, cultural, and professional audiences. They will be able to use a variety of technologically supported media to communicate with empathy using a range of written, spoken or visual formats.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- Communicate knowledge and critical expertise in written and spoken forms to professional audiences (GC 4, 5 & 6)
Assessment tasks
- Presentation
- Major Essay
- Minor Essay
- Participation
PG - Engaged and Responsible, Active and Ethical Citizens
Our postgraduates will be ethically aware and capable of confident transformative action in relation to their professional responsibilities and the wider community. They will have a sense of connectedness with others and country and have a sense of mutual obligation. They will be able to appreciate the impact of their professional roles for social justice and inclusion related to national and global issues
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- Communicate knowledge and critical expertise in written and spoken forms to professional audiences (GC 4, 5 & 6)
Assessment tasks
- Presentation
- Major Essay
- Minor Essay
- Participation