Module: Emerging Media

Module Specifications..

Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024

Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Emerging Media
Module Code	CM3007
School	School of Communications
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Marcos Dias Semester 2: Marcos Dias Autumn: Marcos Dias
Module Teachers	Trish Morgan
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Coursework Only

Description

This module provides a platform for showcasing trends in emerging media across the field of multimedia production. It observes and evaluates new, innovative, experimental and emerging works in domains of audio, acoustics, video, interactive media, physical computing, online media, image and moving image, and the Internet of Things. It surveys the 'state of the art' in these various domains and critically reports on key new practices.

Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate where and how to research nascent forms of media that are not yet established in the canon
2. Evaluate new, emerging and experimental forms of media
3. Report on key trends in multimedia
4. Situate emerging media forms and trends with regard to contemporary commercial, social, and artistic uses
5. Critically assess and relate the impact of emerging media on established forms
6. Assess the ideological and psychological impact of emerging media with reference to the relevant theoretical material

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	22	Lectures and showcases on emerging media
Independent Study	103	Independent research on multiple facets of emerging media across fields of video, audio, image, interaction, physical computing.
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Lectures
Lectures by staff who specialise in an area of emerging media. Frameless (360) video; attention, immersion and narrative. Spatial audio; audience and experience. eLearning; interaction, innovation and user experience. Still and moving image: art contexts, trends and multimedia contexts. Physical computing: data, networks and narrative. Interaction: installation, planning, diverse I/Os.

Showcases
Screenings and/or demonstrations of examples of emerging media to include emerging trends in video, audio, e-learning, still and moving image, physical computing and interaction.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Report(s)	Idenitfy/report on emerging media	40%	n/a
Essay	Situate and apply emerging media to various contexts.	60%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

edited by Hazel Smith, Roger T. Dean: 2009, Practice-led research, research-led practice in the creative arts, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 9780748636297
Estelle Barrett (Editor), Barbara Bolt (Editor): 0, Practice as Research, I. B. Tauris, 9781848853010
Margot Lovejoy: 2004, Digital currents, Routledge, New York, 0–415–30781–3
Craig Hanks (Editor): 2010, Technology and Values, Wiley-Blackwell, 1405149000
Scharff, R.C. and Dusek, V. eds: 2013, Philosophy of Technology, New York; Wiley, 9781118722718
edited by Seth Giddings with Martin Lister.: 2010, The new media and technocultures reader, New York; Routledge, 0415469139

Other Resources

27010, Website, 0, Neural, http://neural.it/, 27011, Website, 0, Furtherfield, http://furtherfield.org/, 27012, Website, 0, Ars Electronica, http://www.aec.at/news/en/, 27013, Website, 0, Rhizome, http://rhizome.org/, 27014, Website, 0, Hyperallergic, http://hyperallergic.com/, 27019, Academic Journal, 0, Leonardo, https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/116, 27020, Academic Journal, 0, Leonardo Music Journal, https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/119, 27021, Academic Journal, 0, Journal of Media Practice, http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjmp20, 27022, Academic Journal, 0, Screenworks, http://screenworks.org.uk/,

Programme or List of Programmes

MMA	BSc in Multimedia

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