Media and Communication Swinburne University of Technology

Overview

Through collaborative media production, you'll master the skills demanded by today's dynamic environment, engage in cross-disciplinary media labs and co-create for endless possibilities. Through industry projects, work placements, and internships, we’ll nurture your professional growth and help you discover your true passions. Media and Communication is offered at Swinburne University of Technology.

On successful completion of this course students will be able to:

• identify and contextualise the impacts of digital transformation on media and communication industries, audiences and professional and creative practices.
• analyse diverse socio-cultural influences on media and communication practices and their impact on audiences in Indigenous, local and global contexts.
• apply critical thinking within a specialised media and communication discipline to solve problems through theoretical, practice-led and decolonised lenses.
• initiate professional approaches to planning, problem-solving and decision-making in a range of media and communication activities and processes, both individually and in collaboration with others.
• design creative and professional media and communication artefacts that focus on examining the relationship between people and technology for social impact and sustainability.
• explore innovative use of new media and communication technologies to engage, influence and build communities for next generation media futures.
• engage ethical approaches to research methodologies for socially responsible, just and fair content creation strategies.
• apply learning from Indigenous, global and cross-cultural communication contexts to support accountability, self-assessment and independence in lifelong learning.