Promotional games - MDIA5027
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of the Arts and Media
Course Outline: School of the Arts and Media
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Enrolment in a postgraduate Journalism & Communication or PR & Advertising program
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Video games offer professional communicators a powerful tool to influence political decision making, inspire social change or motivate publics and consumers. Increasingly, games are used to address serious social and environmental issues and engender positive social change. This course will introduce students to the interactive, persuasive and promotional affordances of games and examine how games may be leveraged to address social and environmental issues.
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