University of Technology SydneyHandbook 2006

50105 Communication and Information Environments1

6cp
Disciplinary Strand – Communication and Information Studies – 100 level

The subject aims to familiarise students with the major issues in the communication and information environments in which we live, and to introduce different ways of approaching and analysing those issues. It asks questions like: What is communication? How do societies and individuals create meanings? How do communication technologies in their social and industrial settings structure such meanings? The subject also explores the nature of information for daily life, social interaction, change and development. Some of the current major issues in the communications and information sphere are explored, e.g. convergence, the nature of the Information Society, globalisation, questions of ownership of and access to the channels of communication and information, the division between public and private and the role of the state, and the development of new media and information forms. The subject also begins to examine the various theoretical paradigms and frameworks for analysing these issues, in preparation for the second subject in the Disciplinary Strand.


For detailed information, see the full subject description at:
http://www.hss.uts.edu.au/subject_descriptions/50105_50226.pdf

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus

Footnote(s)

1. Students completing this subject as an 8cp elective enrol in 50226 Communication and Information Environments.

Fee information

2006 contribution for 2005/06 commencing Commonwealth-supported undergraduate students: $612.38
2006 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,040.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2006 for 2005/06 commencing Commonwealth-supported and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported undergraduate students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Other students (such as postgraduate students and international students) should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.