Media Technology Studies

To navigate in an information-rich environment, the key in the future will be the ability to continually learn to use, critically analyse, reflect on and transform the information systems in place. A crucial part of this is understanding the nature, dynamics and management of media technologies. Challenging the assumption that technologies are neutral and introduced solely on the basis of efficiency or consumer demand, the subjects in this stream explore the ways media technologies are chosen, promoted and contested by competing interest groups.

The major in Media Technology Studies is made up of the 56 credit point core and all the following compulsory subjects in the Media Technology Studies stream: