COMS225-26SU1 (C) Summer Jan 2026 start

Politics and New Media

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 5 January 2026
End Date: Sunday, 8 February 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 11 January 2026
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 January 2026

Description

A Facebook profile is required to take part in this course. This course is being offered at two universities at once in Finland and Aotearoa New Zealand. Students will take part in discussions with students from the other university and will be taught by academics from each university, with a tutor and lecturer at Canterbury coordinating the local version of the course. The course studies the latest developments on how public life and politics are being shaped by web-based communication. You will be asked to think critically about the globalisation of politics online, about the divisions between haves and have nots and about the ways different groups pursue their agendas online.

Prerequisites

ny 15 points at 100 level from COMS, or
any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

Timetable 2026

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 15:00 - 16:30 Elsie Locke 611 Meeting Room
5 Jan - 11 Jan
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 15:00 - 16:30 Elsie Locke 611 Meeting Room
5 Jan - 11 Jan
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 19:15 - 20:45 Elsie Locke 611 Meeting Room
12 Jan - 1 Feb
Lecture D
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 19:15 - 20:45 Elsie Locke 611 Meeting Room
12 Jan - 1 Feb
Lecture E
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 19:15 - 20:45 Elsie Locke 611 Meeting Room
12 Jan - 1 Feb
Lecture F
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 19:15 - 20:45 Elsie Locke 611 Meeting Room
2 Feb - 8 Feb
Lecture G
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 19:15 - 20:45 Elsie Locke 611 Meeting Room
2 Feb - 8 Feb
Lecture H
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 19:15 - 20:45 Elsie Locke 611 Meeting Room
2 Feb - 8 Feb
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 17:00 - 18:00 Elsie Locke 611 Meeting Room
5 Jan - 1 Feb

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Online lecture discussion 20% post 4 times before a lecture, 4 times during a lecture and 3 times after a lecture.
Online group task 35% collaborative task with students from Helsinki University
Final essay 35% individual analysis of issues from the collaborative task, 2000 words
Tutorials 10%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $948.00

International fee $4,263.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

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