Theorizing Participatory Culture & Social Media - AMC1001

Assessment 1: Written assignment (coursework)

Formative feedback will be integrated into Workshops where students will be able to begin analysing their own use of participatory and social media (summative assessment 1) as well as discussing their planned group podcasts (summative assessment 2). Formative feedback will also be given on students’ critical reviews of set readings, prepared in advance of the weekly 2-hour seminars.

Written Assignment

Assessment 2: Presentation

Presentation

Assessment 1: Written Assignment

<p>On this module you’ll be introduced to influential scholarly approaches to participatory culture and social media. You’ll begin by exploring how the concept of ‘participation’ has played out in relation to politics, art and media, as well as considering key definitions of ‘participatory culture’. Although this term has sometimes been viewed as overly celebratory, critical approaches to participation emphasise the powerful structures that can still frame participatory culture. And in order to challenge the ‘now-ness’ of much work on digital participatory culture, you’ll consider its longer history. You’ll also study the history of social media, along with just how ‘social’ it might actually be. Critiques and defences of social media will be analysed, highlighting its ambivalent status, and introducing you to the vitality of contemporary debates.</p>

School of Arts and Humanities

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Media, Journalism and Film

AMC1001 - Theorizing Participatory Culture & Social Media

Theorizing Participatory Culture & Social Media

be able to critically review definitions of the “participatory’ and the “social” in relevant academic contexts and the existing literature.

be able to critically and systematically understand the relevance of the student’s engagements with participatory culture and uses of social media to practices of scholarship.

be able to understand current issues and developments in the theorising of digital participatory culture and/or social media.

be able to understand, to an advanced level, key and current theories of digital media’s    participatory culture and/or social media.

be able to work productively in a group, showing the capacity to contribute and lead as appropriate, whilst dealing with complex issues both systematically and creatively, and making sound judgements in the absence of complete data.

be able to learn in self-directed and independent ways via the analysis of digital media’s participatory culture and/or social media.

be able to deal with complex issues raised by digital participatory culture and social media both systematically and creatively.