HYPEA1 Research Areas of Hypermedia, 6 ECTS – Department of Information Studies and Interactive Media

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HYPEA1 Research Areas of Hypermedia 6 ECTS

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Organised by

Hypermedia

Person in charge

Professor of hypermedia

Preceding studies

Recommended Previous Studies: Basic studies in Hypermedia

Belongs to following study modules

Learning outcomes

The objective is to construct an historical basis for hypermedia and its research today.

An introduction to the developmental history of hypermedia and the traditions of hypermedia research.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Study Group	21 h	0 h

21 h of lectures and/or independent study. Teaching methods will be specified annually in the teaching programme.

Teaching language

Finnish, English

Modes of study

The course, which is offered in the form of lectures, is to be completed by keeping a lecture diary and writing essays on subjects to be set in advance.
Alternatively these studies may be taken by doing examinations on set books. The mode of completion will be further specified annually in the teaching programme.

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Study materials

1. Jenkins: Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. MIT Press, 2006.
2. Mäyrä: An Introduction to Game Studies: Games in Culture. Sage Publications, 2008.
3. Wellman & Haythornthwaite (toim.): The Internet in Everyday Life. Blackwell, 2002.