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Understanding the screen brain, AI and data futures

APG5455

Synopsis

This unit explores the mechanisms underpinning screen image perception and comprehension. By examining how our mind, brain and body work in tandem when engaging with the screen, it explains how the screen image moves viewers and to what effects. It covers aspects of narrative comprehension, image decoding, an embodied sense of movement, absorption and immersion, concluding by examining how artificial intelligence and machine learning might revolutionise screen media.

Sourced from the Monash Handbook 2026.

Quick facts

Credit points
6
Level
5
Audience
Postgraduate
Type
Coursework
School
Faculty of Arts
Faculty
Film, Screen and Culture
Handbook year
2026

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