School: Arts and Humanities

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  • Unit Title

    Strategic Social Media
  • Unit Code

    CMM2615
  • Year

    2025
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Claire FITZPATRICK

Description

With areas of the communication sector becoming increasingly focussed on online and social media platforms, the need for detailed and strategic use of social media is central to the industry. In this unit students will develop upon existing understandings of social media to develop more informed, comprehensive and strategic uses of social media to effectively communicate organisational goals and messages within the context of communication campaigns. Students will develop their understanding and usage of emerging forms of online data collection, changes in SEO and algorithms to support the needs of a communication plan.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PRN3130, PRN3160

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse and employ the fundamental applications of social and online media for communications management and execution or organisational objectives.
  2. Explain and apply relevant and emerging digital media principles and industry conventions in media content creation and communication.
  3. Investigate and explain digital and online media issues and trends in relation to communications principles, including inclusivity.
  4. Apply strategies to ensure online communications are effective and appropriate in relation to cultural and ethical contexts.

Unit Content

  1. Application of social media and other internet-based technologies within organisations: integrating social media and internet-based media in effective communication programs.
  2. Theories and trends in PR management with an emphasis on digital communication.
  3. Search engine optimisation and application of analytics to establish and maintain an effective online presence.
  4. Environmental scanning and cultural awareness as key principles for global, national, and local communication.
  5. Effective processes to maintain awareness of emerging digital communication trends and developments.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered13 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewEmerging digital issues report40%
WorkshopIn-class scenarios 60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewEmerging digital issues report40%
WorkshopReal-time scenarios 60%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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