Core Module 2: Creativity, Communication and Technology

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Creativity, Communication and Technology (CCT) invites you to explore, critically evaluate, and practice the ways creativity, communication, and technology shape personal, local, national, and global issues.

Creative media communication is at the heart of today’s media innovation and is a powerful lens for investigating the influence of media and generating new forms of social value. Drawing on the latest research into digital media and cultures, the module will deepen your understanding of our relationship with technology—examining phenomena such as the “platformised” life and the rise of generative AI. You will investigate the creative use of communication and technology within the contemporary media landscape, combining theoretical insight and critical analysis with hands-on creative media practice

Illustrative Bibliography

Baym, Nancy (2010) Personal Connections in the Digital Age, (Cambridge: Polity)

Bonini, Tiziano and Treré Emiliano (2024) Algorithms of Resistance: The Everyday Fight Against Platforms Power (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press)

Bown, A. (2022) Dream Lovers: The Gamification of Relationships (London: Pluto Press). 

Chan, Lik Sam (2021) The Politics of Dating Apps: Gender, Sexuality and Emergent Publics in Urban China (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press)

Garde-Hansen, J. and K. Gorton (2013) Emotion Online: Theorizing Affect on the Internet, (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan)

Gauntlett, D. (2011) Making is Connecting: The Social Meaning of Creativity, from DIY and Knitting to YouTube and Web 2.0, (Cambridge: Polity)

Goggin, G (2010) Global Mobile Media, (London: Routledge)

Howley (ed.) (2010) Understanding Community Media, (London: Sage)

Jenkins, Henry, Sam Ford and Joshua Green (2013) Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture, (New York: New York University Press)

Lambert, Joe (2013) Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community, (New York: Routledge)

Lovink, Geert (2011) Networks Without a Cause: A Critique of Social Media, (Cambridge: Polity Press)

Littler, J. (2023) Left Feminism: Conversation on the Personal and the Political. Chadwell Heath: Lawrence Wishart.

Marwick, A. (2015) Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity and Branding in the Social Media Age, (New Haven: Yale University Press).

Parikka, Jussi (2012) What is Media Archaeology? (Cambridge: Polity)

Rheingold, Howard (2012) Net Smart: How to Thrive Online, (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press)

Sobande, Francesca (2024) Big Brands Are Watching You: Marketing Social Justice and Digital Culture. (Oakland, CA: University of California Press)

Van Dijck, Jose (2013) The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media (Oxford: Oxford University Press)