Module Details
Module Code: |
ETHI C3804 |
Module Title:
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New Media Ethics
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Title:
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New Media Ethics
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Module Level:: |
8 |
Module Coordinator: |
Myles Kelly
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Module Author:: |
Eleanor OLeary
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Module Description: |
Module provides a critical examination of new media technologies and applications, social media, data, surveillance and privacy.
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Learning Outcomes |
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
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Learning Outcome Description |
LO1 |
Critically analyse the sociological impact of new media technologies and Web 2.0 |
LO2 |
Examines the position of media audiences in relation to new and old media |
LO3 |
Written, analytical and critical thinking skills for humanities research |
Dependencies |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
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No recommendations listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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No Co-requisite modules listed |
Additional Requisite Information
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No Co Requisites listed
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Indicative Content |
History of Media Audiences
Mass Audiences, Television Audiences, Active/Passive Audiences, Adorno and Horkheimer, Uses and Gratifications, Stuart Hall, Audience Reception, Encoding and Decoding,Texts and Contexts
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New Media Audiences
Audience Labour (Dallas W. Smythe), Surveillance, Privacy, Participatory democracy, Data Collection, GDPR
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New Media Techologies
Technological Determinism (McLuhan), Smart technologies, Virtual Reality, User Generated Content; produsers
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Greening New Media
Environmental impact of new media technologies and use
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Module Content & Assessment
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Assessment Breakdown | % |
Continuous Assessment | 100.00% |
AssessmentsFull Time
No End of Module Formal Examination |
Reassessment Requirement |
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.
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SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
Workload: Full Time |
Workload Type |
Workload Category |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
Lecture |
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Contact |
No Description |
12 Weeks per Stage |
3.00 |
36 |
Estimated Learner Hours |
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Non Contact |
Independent Study |
15 Weeks per Stage |
5.93 |
89 |
Total Weekly Contact Hours |
3.00 |
Workload: Part Time |
Workload Type |
Workload Category |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
Lecture |
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Contact |
No Description |
12 Weeks per Stage |
1.50 |
18 |
Independent Learning |
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Non Contact |
No Description |
15 Weeks per Stage |
7.13 |
107 |
Total Weekly Contact Hours |
1.50 |
Module Resources
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Recommended Book Resources |
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Eugenia Siapera. (2018), Understanding New Media, 2nd. Sage Publications Limited, p.336, [ISBN: 9781446297100].
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Graeme Turner (Editor). (2009), Television Studies After TV, Routledge, p.214, [ISBN: 0415477700].
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Michael Mandiberg (Editor). (2012), The Social Media Reader, NYU Press, p.299, [ISBN: 9780814764060].
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Christian Fuchs. (2014), Social Media: A Critical Introduction, [ISBN: 9781446270066].
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James Curran and David Hesmondhalgh (eds). (2019), Media and Society, [ISBN: 9781501340].
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Larissa Hjorth and Sam Hinton. (2019), Understanding Social Media, 2. [ISBN: 978152642596].
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Shoshana Zuboff. (2018), The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, PublicAffairs, p.640, [ISBN: 1610395697].
| Recommended Article/Paper Resources |
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Tiziana Terranova. (2000), Free Labour: Producing Culture for the
Digital Economy, Social Text, 63 (18).
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Ekaterina Netchitailova. (2012), Facebook as a Surveillance Tool, TripleC, 10(2).
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Mark Andrejevic. (2011), Surveillance and Alienation in the
Online Economy, Surveillance & Society, 8(3).
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Brice Nixon. (2014), Toward a Political Economy of 'Audience
Labour' in the Digital Era, Triple C, 12(2).
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Christian Fuchs. (2011), Web 2.0, Prosumption and Surveillance, Surveillance and Society, 8(3).
| Other Resources |
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Youtube. The Youtube Reader,
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