| Module Title |
Emerging Media |
| Module Code |
ICT1037 (ITS: CM3007) |
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Faculty |
Communications |
School |
Humanities & Social Sciences |
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NFQ level |
8 |
Credit Rating |
10 |
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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.
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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
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| Workload | Full time hours per semester | | Type | Hours | Description |
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| 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 |
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| Section Breakdown | | CRN | 10994 | Part of Term | Semester 1 | | Coursework | 0% | Examination Weight | 0% | | Grade Scale | 40PASS | Pass Both Elements | Y | | Resit Category | RC1 | Best Mark | N | | Module Co-ordinator | Marcos Dias | Module Teacher | |
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| Assessment Breakdown |
| Type | Description | % of total | Assessment Date |
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| 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;
RC1: A resit is available for both* components of the module.
RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module.
RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None |
| Compatibles |
None |
| Incompatibles |
None |
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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
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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.
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Indicative Reading List
Books:
- 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, 224, 9781848853010
- Margot Lovejoy: 2004, Digital currents, Routledge, New York, 0–415–30781–3
- Craig Hanks (Editor): 2010, Technology and Values, Wiley-Blackwell, 560, 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
Articles:
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Other Resources
- Website: Neural, http://neural.it/
- Website: Furtherfield, http://furtherfield.org/
- Website: Ars Electronica, http://www.aec.at/news/en/
- Website: Rhizome, http://rhizome.org/
- Website: Hyperallergic, http://hyperallergic.com/
- Academic Journal: Leonardo, https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/116
- Academic Journal: Leonardo Music Journal, https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/119
- Academic Journal: Journal of Media Practice, http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjmp20
- Academic Journal: Screenworks, http://screenworks.org.uk/
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