Course code

GRAP 16012

Key Facts

Streaming Media

Current Students

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Course Overview

The purpose of this course is developing an overall understanding of streaming media.

Course Content

Role and importance of digital media.

Conventional Media / Traditional Media and media convergence, Defining New Media / Digital Media, Characteristics of New media culture.

Role of Streaming Media.

Defining the Streaming media, Evolution of Streaming media, Streaming media platforms; YouTube, Tok-tok, Virtue.

Streaming media usage in Sri Lanka.

Streaming media content production.

Defining media content, Characteristics of streaming media content, understanding the video production process.

Managing a self-own video channel.

Basics of creating a YouTube channel, Creating and linking other streaming media platforms using “Channel”, Viewers and subscriptions, Monetizing the channel and contents.

Live streaming.

Live streaming and its applications, Process of live streaming using streaming media platforms (i.e. YouTube and Facebook), Live streaming as a profit-making setting. Critical issues in new media.

Cyber culture and virtual society.

Understanding the boundaries of new media, Ethical factors and legal matters