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BADIG3004 - Children, Youth and Digital Media
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<p>Children and young people engage with digital media technologies and content for education, entertainment, and socialisation. As such, the very experience of childhood and youth is closely tied to these practices. This advanced unit examines ways of making sense of childhood and youth in the context of digital culture. This involves both the exploration of what young people ‘do’ with digital media, as well how that use is interpreted and understood according to dominant conceptual frameworks and perspectives. With topics ranging from young people as media producers, to issues of consumption, identity formation, online risk, and media rights, students will engage with theory and examples to critically examine the meaning and nature of childhood and youth in a mediatised society.</p>
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<p>Topics may include:<br>
• Conceptualising childhood and youth in the digital age: Issues and challenges<br>
• Analysing childhood and youth: Dominant discourses and perspectives<br>
• Young people as media producers<br>
• Online safety and risk<br>
• Commoditised consumption<br>
• Identity practices and representations<br>
• Sociality, socialisation, and social media<br>
• Gender and sexuality<br>
• Civic participation and political agency<br>
• Media for education and entertainment<br>
• Policies and media rights for young people<br>
• Participation and inclusion: Children and youth with disabilities</p>
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<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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Unit description
<p>Children and young people engage with digital media technologies and content for education, entertainment, and socialisation. As such, the very experience of childhood and youth is closely tied to these practices. This advanced unit examines ways of making sense of childhood and youth in the context of digital culture. This involves both the exploration of what young people ‘do’ with digital media, as well how that use is interpreted and understood according to dominant conceptual frameworks and perspectives. With topics ranging from young people as media producers, to issues of consumption, identity formation, online risk, and media rights, students will engage with theory and examples to critically examine the meaning and nature of childhood and youth in a mediatised society.</p>
Unit content
<p>Topics may include:<br> • Conceptualising childhood and youth in the digital age: Issues and challenges<br> • Analysing childhood and youth: Dominant discourses and perspectives<br> • Young people as media producers<br> • Online safety and risk<br> • Commoditised consumption<br> • Identity practices and representations<br> • Sociality, socialisation, and social media<br> • Gender and sexuality<br> • Civic participation and political agency<br> • Media for education and entertainment<br> • Policies and media rights for young people<br> • Participation and inclusion: Children and youth with disabilities</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
079999 - Education, n.e.c.
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/badig3004">View unit fees</a>
Requisites
Prerequisite
<p>must have completed 1 of <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BADIG2001" target="_blank">BADIG2001</a>/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BADIG2002" target="_blank">BADIG2002</a>/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BADIG2003" target="_blank">BADIG2003</a>/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BADIG2005" target="_blank">BADIG2005</a>/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BAENG2001" target="_blank">BAENG2001</a>/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BAFLM2002" target="_blank">BAFLM2002</a>/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BAFLM2003" target="_blank">BAFLM2003</a>/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BAFLM2004" target="_blank">BAFLM2004</a>/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BALIT2002" target="_blank">BALIT2002</a>/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BALIT2003" target="_blank">BALIT2003</a>/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BALIT2004" target="_blank">BALIT2004</a>/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BALIT2005" target="_blank">BALIT2005</a>/BATCC2004/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BATCC2005" target="_blank">BATCC2005</a>/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=FLMES2451" target="_blank">FLMES2451</a></p>
Corequisite
None
Exclusion
<p>must not have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BADIG2004" target="_blank">BADIG2004</a></p>
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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<p>Articulate and explain at an advanced level conceptual frameworks and perspectives about children and youth.</p>
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<p>Have a developed comprehension of how children and young people use and engage with digital media technologies, cultural sites, and content.</p>
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<p>Have advanced level recognition of how knowledge frameworks and perspectives inform the production and interpretation of meaning about young people’s media practices and engagements.</p>
S1
<p>Apply at an advanced level conceptual approaches to childhood and youth to relevant issues and examples concerning the media use of children and young people.</p>
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<p>Critically examine the implications and effects of interpretive frameworks for the meaning of childhood and youth in digital culture.</p>
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<p>Analyse media practices and issues using a range of resources and materials.</p>
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<p>Express critically informed views and perspectives, supported by evidence.</p>
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<p>Read, think, and engage in nuanced and critical ways.</p>
A1
<p>Apply advanced level conceptual knowledge and analytical skills to convey understanding of issues, perspectives, and debates relevant to children and youth as media users in the digital age.</p>
A2
<p>Apply developed standards of academic research, referencing, and writing.</p>
A3
<p>Develop a research case study topic relating to an aspect of the Unit.</p>
Assessment
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<p>Develop a topic for an in-depth examination of a specific issue or example of digital media use/engagement by children or youth and the ways in which it is understood and theorised.</p>
<p>Case study</p>
<p>40-60%</p>
K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, A1, A2, A3
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<p>Students use and apply key concepts and set resources to submit a folio of critical reflections on unit topics in response to prompts, activities, or exercises.</p>
<p>Critical reflections folio</p>
<p>40-60%</p>
K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, A1, A2
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplementary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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FedTASK 1: Interpersonal
The ability to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 2: Leadership
The ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others.
<p>Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines</p>
FedTASK 3: Critical Thinking and Creativity
The ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using imagination to create new ideas.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 4: Digital Literacy
The ability to work fluently across a range of tools and applications to achieve a range of skills.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 5: Sustainable and Ethical Mindset
The ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions.
<p>Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines</p>
FedTASK
<p>Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FedTASKs (<strong>T</strong>ransferable <strong>A</strong>ttributes <strong>S</strong>kills and <strong>K</strong>nowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key, transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and co-operative learning opportunities.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
079999 - Education, n.e.c.
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/badig3004">View unit fees</a>
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