Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
This course, delivered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, guides learners into a deep exploration of online identity, social media communities and their users. Examining the ways that social media is being used by public institutions such as governments and businesses.
5 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dr. Jonathon Hutchinson
Senior Lecturer, Online Communication and Media
University of Sydney
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Define what social media is
- Express the main ethical issues that concern you
- Discuss ideas around online identity and self-representation
- Distinguish between communities and networks
- Give examples of 'produsage'
- Describe the concept of collaborative cultural production
- Explain how media agencies engage users in participatory projects
- Explain the role social media plays in institutional co-creation
- Give examples of how cultural institutions are incorporating participatory culture into their production methodologies
- Recognize the precarious labour models around the production and consumption of social media content
- Interpret data analytics from social media
- Produce basic reports from data analytics
- Apply data analytics to social media campaigns
- Judge what is ethical use of social media data
- Develop ethical social media practices
- Give examples of the issues surrounding use of social media by people with disabilities
- Employ social media practices that are accessible
- Employ social media practices that are accessible
Syllabus
- Explore social media data analytics, and the algorithms behind the advertisements you are served
- Examine the concepts of being social, of self-representation, online identity and publishing
- Examine who the users of social media are, how they use it and their motivations
- Consider accusations of social media organisations exploiting their users
Issued on 30th September 2020
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