ATS3160 Media, politics and your body
Faculty of Arts
ATS3160 Media, politics and your body is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2027 in Semester 2 at Caulfield and Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2027
- Semester 2
- Caulfield, Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
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Requisites
Before ATS3160
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS3160
No unit lists ATS3160 as a prerequisite in the 2027 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: 12 credit points of level 2 Arts units
Overview
In this unit, you will explore how digital technologies shape the way our bodies are seen, tracked, and controlled in everyday life. We’ll look at how images, data systems, and online platforms influence what bodies mean and how they are treated in society.
You will study topics such as how ideas about gender and race show up in digital media, how digital technologies are used to identify people and to optimise our exercise and daily routines, and how workplaces use data and algorithms to manage workers.
Using these examples, you’ll learn how bodies are increasingly turned into data that can be measured, watched, and regulated. At the same time, we’ll consider how people push back against these systems and use technology in their own ways.
The unit will introduce key ideas from media and technology studies to help you understand how power works through digital tools today. You’ll also be encouraged to reflect on your own experiences with social media, apps, and other technologies in your daily life.
Offerings in 2027
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Caulfield | On campus |
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Research ProjectProject30%
- EssayWritten50%
- Oral PresentationPresentation20%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
critically examine the relations between technology, the body, and contemporary politics;
- 2
analyse the way that media systems shape representation, measurement, and governance of bodies within different social and cultural contexts;
- 3
engage with key scholarship and contemporary public debates in media studies and science and technology studies on the social and political implications of emerging technologies;
- 4
evaluate the ethical, cultural, and political issues raised by technologies that capture, interpret, and manage human bodies and behaviour;
- 5
effectively communicate critical arguments and analyses of media technologies and embodied experience.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Lectures12 hours
- Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachResearch activities
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
This unit engages students in enquiry-based learning, where they will be encouraged to use their own knowledge to develop and engage in a process of enquiry, study and research to identify areas to be investigated and an approach to doing so.
This unit engages students in actively applying their knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
This unit allows students to develop their research skills by engaging in structured inquiry using a systematic approach and discipline-specific methodologies.
Where it fits
ATS3160 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2027 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Chris O'Neill
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Chris O'Neill
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS3160?
ATS3160 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS3160 offered?
In 2027, ATS3160 runs in Semester 2 at Caulfield and Clayton.
How much work is ATS3160?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS3160 have an exam?
No. ATS3160 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS3160?
ATS3160 is part of Communications and media studies.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 3
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts
- Organisational unit
- Media
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 4
- Study abroad
- Available
- Handbook years
- 2027