Module: Media Spaces

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Media Spaces
Module Code	MCO1008 (ITS: CM299)
Faculty	Communications	School	Humanities & Social Sciences
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10

Description

This module critically examines the relationship between physical spaces and the reception, perception, and impact of media forms within them. Students will examine concepts of curation and layout in gallery / exhibition spaces, acoustics and spatial audio, and planning for multimedia installations. The module will also examine the spatial relations of mediated communications in public spaces such as urban environments. The module specifically engages with media spaces in the context of artistic and expressive installations, curated galleries or exhibitions, heritage / cultural spaces, and information / learning spaces, any of which incorporate multimedia elements.

Learning Outcomes

1. Critically engage with the literature around spatial planning and media
2. Examine the relationships between media forms and physical spaces.
3. Apply concepts and theories of audience and participant interaction to situated media, such as installations or exhibits.
4. Evaluate and plan gallery and exhibition spaces that present a variety of media
5. Develop a multimedia installation for a specific space

Total Workload: 0

Section Breakdown
CRN	20552	Part of Term	Semester 2
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	István László

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Report(s)	Individual written report critically evaluating a gallery media space or specific exhibition	40%	n/a
Project	Group project planning, designing, and developing a multimedia spatial installation.	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

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

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

Indicative Reading List

Books:

Apollonio, Umbro: 2009, Futurist Manifestos, Tate Publishing, London,
Benford, Steve and Gabriella Giannachi: 2011, Performing Mixed Reality, The MIT Press, Cambridge,
Cubitt, Sean and Paul Thomas (eds.): 2013, Relive: Media Art Histories, The MIT Press, Cambridge,
Eckardt, Frank: 2008, Media and Urban Space: Understanding, Investigating and Approaching Mediacity, Frank & Timme, Berlin,
Graham, Beryl: 2014, New Collecting: Exhibiting and Audiences after New Media Art, Ashgate, Farnham,
Hediger, Vincenz and Julia Noordegraaf: 2013, Preserving and Exhibiting Media Art: Challenges and Perspectives, Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press,
McQuire, Scott: 2008, The Media City: Media, Architecture and Urban Space, Sage, London,
Mondloch, Kate: 2010, Screens: Viewing Media Installation Art, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis,
Sadler, Simon: 1999, The Situationist City, The MIT Press, Cambridge,

Articles:
None

Other Resources

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