COMS425-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Campaign Planning with Social Data Analysis

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

Description

This is a course about planning media campaigns, in particular, it focuses on the use of social data analysis in planning campaigns. The course will introduce what campaigns are, their purposes and effects, their importance in the society, and the strategies of developing a media advocacy plan. A significant portion of the course will be about the use of social data analysis, including big data and social network analysis, in informing and evaluating campaigns. Students will be given opportunities to manage social data and develop their campaign plans according to their interests based on the data. Such plans can be related to social policies, public health and safety, human rights, etc., and can be delivered through different communication channels including traditional mass media and social media. Controversies around the ethical uses of social data for campaign planning will be discussed, and students will need to identify ethical practices of using the data. This course requires active in-class engagement. It is not a distance course.

Learning Outcomes

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Engaged with the community

Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

Globally aware

Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

COMS421. Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 10:00 - 11:00 Jack Erskine 240
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 09:00 - 10:00 Jack Erskine 241
12 Aug - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lecture D
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 11:00 - 12:00 Jack Erskine 101
12 Aug - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct

Contact Person

Kirstie Lynd McAllum

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Learning Group Discussions 10% throughout the semester, in class submission.
Training in data analysis skills 06 Oct 2024 5% Training in data analysis skills, proofs to be submitted through AKO/Learn
Data Analysis assignment 22 Sep 2024 20% Quantitative data analysis, submitted through AKO/Learn
Data anaylsis assignment 20 Oct 2024 20% Quantitative data analysis, submitted through AKO/Learn
Campaign Proposal 27 Sep 2024 5% Proposal outline
Final topic: campaign proposal 03 Nov 2024 40% Final proposal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $2,046.00

* 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 .

All COMS425 Occurrences

  • COMS425-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024