ALC702 - Making Sense of Communities Online
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week in weeks 1-9 1 x 4-hour on-campus practical experience (workshop) in week 11 |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week |
Content
This unit will utilise netnography and other tools to understand community dynamics and social patterns of interaction online. Students will learn how to gain insight to communities and social engagement in digital environments from an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing insights from platform studies, sociology, influencer studies, marketing, and psychology. Community management techniques will be analysed as part
of an integrated approach to online engagement strategies, while technological affordances of media will help us explain how design shapes culture and community. Students will put their learnings into practice, gaining new insights to a unique community through rigorous, ethical, and innovative participant observation and reporting.
Unit Fee Information
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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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How to apply
You can apply online for this single unit via the Deakin Applicant Portal. Enter the unit code above and follow the steps to submit your application online. Once submitted, we'll be in contact via email to confirm your place.
You can apply for multiple units in one trimester in a single application or to study multiple units over subsequent trimesters, you'll need to submit a separate application for each study period.
