21662 Creative Industries in the Collaborative Economy
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Credit points: 6 cp
Subject level:
Undergraduate
Result type: Grade and marksThere are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Description
This subject explores the range of sectors that have come to be known as ‘creative industries’, interrogating how these are linked as well as the unique social, political, cultural and economic factors inherent in each. The creative industries investigated include design and the visual arts, architecture, music and the performing arts, advertising and marketing, digital and interactive media, print and broadcast media. Students will examine the particularities of each industry’s history of production, consumption, regulation and representation whilst understanding the policy developments that have identified them as ‘creative industries’ in government and industry lexicon.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
| 1. | analyse how the creative industries have been shaped in Australia and overseas by historical, cultural, economic and political forces |
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| 2. | examine the significance of creative industries in the collaborative economy within Australia |
| 3. | assess the impact of digital industries and disruption on creative and non-creative sectors |
Contribution to the development of graduate attributes
This subject is aligned with the graduate attributes of intellectual rigour and innovative problem solving, and communication and collaboration.
This subject explores the range of sectors that have come to be known as ‘creative industries’, interrogating how these are linked as well as the unique social, political, cultural and economic factors inherent in each. The creative industries investigated include design and the visual arts, architecture, music and the performing arts, advertising and marketing, digital and interactive media, print and broadcast media.
This subject is core to the Bachelor of Management (Digital Creative Enterprise Major).
This subject also contributes specifically to the introduction of the following Program Learning Objectives for the Digital Creative Enterprise Major in the Bachelor of Management:
- Apply critical thinking skills to analyse contemporary managerial challenges, enabling the development of creative solutions relevant to professional practice (1.1)
- Develop effective communication skills to enable cogent knowledge transfer with colleagues to achieve productive project outcomes relevant to professional practice (2.2)
Teaching and learning strategies
This subject is delivered through highly interactive face-to-face classes where key concepts are presented, analysed, discussed and involve peer-learning activities. Typically, there will be a weekly lecture and tutorial. The tutorials will provide opportunities for students to form teams, define their team charters and discuss their interests in different creative sectors. The UTS Learning Management System will be used to provide resources and activities to assist in preparing for participation in lectures and tutorials. The lectures and tutorials will incorporate a range of teaching and collaborative learning strategies including: guest lectures, team activities and the use of automated tools that provide formative feedback on reflective writing. Feedback on learning progress will be provided through tutorial exercises, in-class peer and informal tutor assessments. These informal assessments will provide valuable feedback on how to improve your written, visual and verbal presentations.
Students are required to complete all assigned preparation tasks and to attend and participate in lectures and tutorial activities. The assessment tasks are designed to be authentic and develop communication, critical reflection and teamwork skills relevant to creative industries sectors in the collaborative economy.
Content (topics)
- The unique identities of each of the creative industries sectors (music and the performing arts; design and visual arts; film, TV and radio; print, writing and publishing; advertising, marketing and communications; digital and interactive media, architecture), how they are organised and the bodies that represent them
- The political economy of creative industries: measuring the value of creative industries products and services.
- The extent of government support and intervention in each of the creative industries; models of state involvement; the practice of patronage; government support as protection; the impact of subsidy on the economic organisation of creative industries.
- The impact of digital industries on creative and non-creative sectors; how digital intersects with and pervades the creative industries and disrupts other sectors.
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Presentation (group)*
| Intent: | Industry case study, 10 marks for presentation (5 marks individual/5 marks team), 20 marks for artefact (team) |
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| Objective(s): | This addresses subject learning objective(s): 1 |
| Groupwork: | Group, group and individually assessed |
| Weight: | 30% |
| Length: | Everyone in the team MUST contribute to the presentation in some way and notification of each person’s contribution should be advised to prior to the presentation in the written team charter. |
| Criteria: | *Note: Late submission of the assessment task will not be marked and awarded a mark of zero. |
Assessment task 2: Critical Reflection essay (individual)
| Objective(s): | This addresses subject learning objective(s): 2 |
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| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 30% |
| Length: | 1500 words (+/- 10%) |
Assessment task 3: Business case study (individual)
| Objective(s): | This addresses subject learning objective(s): 1, 2 and 3 |
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| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 40% |
| Length: | 1500 (+/-10%) words |
Minimum requirements
Students must achieve at least 50% of the subject’s total marks.
Recommended texts
This subject assumes that students will have a comprehensive understanding of the contents of the UTS: Business Guide to Writing Assignments, available to download for free from the UTS:Business website: https://www.uts.edu.au/sites/default/files/business-writing-guide-2014.pdf.