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PCM5200 Identifying and Researching Sources

Semester 2, 2022 Online
Units : 1
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts
School or Department : School of Humanities & Communication
Grading basis : Graded
Course fee schedule : /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules

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Overview

The rapid pace of change in digital technologies has generated an unprecedented global inundation of information and disinformation. Students need to be equipped with the knowledge to enable them to: discern the credibility and reliability of information; authentically and ethically use primary and secondary materials; and produce communications content that reflects quality professional practice.

Students in this course develop knowledge and skills to become more discriminating producers and consumers of content. The course seeks to help students recognise reliable information, and teaches them how to apply critical-thinking skills to act on such information. Information and media literacy skills, and their application to professional contexts, are an important focus of this course.

Course learning outcomes

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

  1. identify, select and interview credible and relevant talent for interviews;
  2. identify, select and ethically incorporate credible and relevant primary and secondary source materials for communications content;
  3. sort, scrutinise and articulate different types of information;
  4. simplify specialist or complex information into engaging communications formats.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Ethical and effective research 35.00
2. Talent selection 20.00
3. Effective interviewing techniques 20.00
4. Structuring information into communications content 25.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

Material needed by students will be available via journal articles and ebooks held by the Library, or via web materials.

Student workload expectations

To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.

Assessment details

Approach Type Description Group
Assessment
Weighting (%) Course learning outcomes
Assignments Written Research (project) No 25 1,3,4
Assignments Practical Practical 1 No 25 1,3,4
Assignments Practical Practical No 50 1,2,3,4
Date printed 10 February 2023