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SOCIAL MEDIA STORYTELLING

Module code: MD335
Credits: 5
Semester: 1
Quota: 42
Department: MEDIA STUDIES
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	Overview
	This module introduces students to the ways people tell stories through social media and provides a critical lens and methods through which to interpret the social and cultural significance of these emerging practices. It considers a variety of platforms/apps, examining how the particular sociotechnical and economic affordances of each shape what can be said and the form stories take. It also considers the creative opportunities posed by these emerging media environments. Students will have the opportunity to research social media platform or user practices or to develop a creative project using social media platforms.

Overview

This module introduces students to the ways people tell stories through social media and provides a critical lens and methods through which to interpret the social and cultural significance of these emerging practices. It considers a variety of platforms/apps, examining how the particular sociotechnical and economic affordances of each shape what can be said and the form stories take. It also considers the creative opportunities posed by these emerging media environments. Students will have the opportunity to research social media platform or user practices or to develop a creative project using social media platforms.

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: identify and describe various forms of social media storytelling critique the economic and social affordances of social media storytelling platforms apply research methods to analyse social media storytelling practices and platforms create and critique social media stories

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Assessment

	Autumn Supplementals/Resits
	Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes

Timetable

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SOCIAL MEDIA STORYTELLING

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