Strategic Communication in Disrupted Information Environments PG (12339.1)

Please note these are the 2027 details for this unit
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Strategic Communication in Disrupted Information Environments PG
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
View teaching periods Online real-time
On-campus
 Bruce, Canberra
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Arts And Design
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
School Of Arts & Communication Post Graduate Level Band 2 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905)
This unit explores how to communicate strategically in an information environment characterised by constant technological change and frequent disruptions. Students will hone their digital skills, including but not limited to communicating effectively about digital transformation, tracking and countering disinformation and hostile influence operations, navigating online ethical considerations, and judiciously deploying authenticity as a communication tool. Developing critical understandings of the positive and negative impacts of digital affordances will enable students to successfully forecast and manage multidimensional risks in the fast-moving contemporary information environment.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Understand and master how organisational strategic communication practices can best manage the opportunities and challenges of digital transformation (digital transformation is the translation of business processes into a digital format);
2. Understand and master how organisational strategic communication practices can best manage the challenges of disinformation and hostile influence operations;
3. Examine and engage with a range of contemporary ethical issues in the online environment; and
4. Design and implement organisational strategic communications practices for incorporation into digital campaigns plans and online risk evaluation plans.


Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development


Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

11633 The Long Decade of Digital Disruption PG

Assumed knowledge

None.
Availability for enrolment in 2027 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2027 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 09 August 2027 Online real-time Dr David Nolan
2027 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 09 August 2027 On-campus Dr David Nolan
The information provided should be used as a guide only. Timetables may not be finalised until week 2 of the teaching period and are subject to change. Search for the unit timetable.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

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