CU2033 - Communication Revolutions
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Arts & Social Sciences |
This subject surveys the history of communication and information technologies from the ancient era of world history to the present day. Topics to be explored include information creation; management and transmission in the ancient and medieval world; the origins and cultural meanings of print in early modern Europe; authorship, book consumption and political change in the eighteenth century; western information technologies in nineteenth-century colonial contexts; the evolution of the popular press; the social uses of telegraphy; radio broadcasting; the early history of television; and the social history of the computer.
Learning Outcomes
- an appropriate understanding the history of communication, particularly in Western technological societies;
- a fair understanding of the relation of change in the sphere of communication to change in society at large;
- an appreciation of the relation of communication to political power.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
- The ability to use and interpret different media;
- A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner.
| Assumed Knowledge: | To undertake this subject, students must have successfully completed 12 credit points (four subjects) of level 1 study at tertiary level |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | CU2013 CU3033 HI2013 HI3013 |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2009 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Mervyn Bendle. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); assignments (40%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2009 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Mervyn Bendle. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); assignments (40%). |
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