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MDA20026 · Swinburne University of Technology

Media Analytics and Visualisation

Credit points
12.5
Level
2
Workload
≈ 13 h / week
Faculty
Design

What it covers

In information-saturated communication environments, data analysis and visualisation techniques are crucial to understand social, cultural and economic patterns of media production and use. Data is also crucial to many forms of storytelling - including professional communication and journalism. Students will learn about using data to tell stories, including data analytics and visualisation, and tools and techniques required to collect, clean, analyse and visualise qualitative, quantitative and social network data.

Assessment

TaskTypeWeight
Feature Article Research and WritingIndividual30%
ProjectGroup40%
TestIndividual30%

When and where

Teaching periodCampusMode
Semester 1HawthornOn campus
Teaching Period 1OnlineOnline
Teaching Period 3OnlineOnline