12. • TITLE: CYBERCULTURES
• CODE: MAC 281
• LEVEL: 2 CREDITS: 10
• FACULTY: Arts, Design, & Media
• MODULE BOARD: Media and Cultural Studies
• PRE-REQUISITES: MAC129
• CO-REQUISITES: None
• LEARNING HOURS: 100 hours, the exact nature of which is specified in the module
guide
• LEARNING OUTCOMES:
• On successful completion of the module, students will have demonstrated:
• Knowledge
– the ability to apply these concepts in the critical analysis of various forms of
cyberculture;
– the ability to communicate information, arguments and analysis cogently and fluently
• Skills
– knowledge and critical understanding of the theoretical concepts and issues and debates
relating to the study of cyberculture;
– an understanding of the history and key concepts of cyberculture
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13. Contact time
1 hour x lecture
1 hour x seminar
∞ hours x social ‘meejah’
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17. Assessment
• 1 x essay of 2000 words
• Based on weekly sessions
• Can arrange your own question in advance
• Approval needed by week 9
• DUE: 15th May 2012
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18. Please Note
• No taught seminar this week
• Explore the tools/links/sites
• There will be weekly tasks!
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22. Images used
• P1-2, Evan Sims, 2010, ‘Warcraft: Waterless’,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/therift/4274319841/
• P 11-12, Dru!, 2006, “Pantheon Range Overview’,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/druclimb/282597447/
• P13, Christos Tsoumplekas, 2007, ‘Contact one’,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsoumplekas/500644641/
• P14-16, curesedthing, 2008, ‘Caution: contents may creep’
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cursedthing/2171090940/
• P17-18, chicgeek, 2007, ‘Thrisday – notes’,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kishimoto/1620130146/
• P19, takomabibelot, 2007, ‘Question Mark Sign On Hobson's Old Building, Corner
Of Henry & Main (Honor, MI)’,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/takomabibelot/472933624/
• P20-21, hellojenuine, 2009, ‘good advice’,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenosaur/3776887321/
• P22, Jeffrey Beall, 2006, ‘Creative Commons Moon’,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/denverjeffrey/301014978/
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