MDIA311L - Media Theory and Methods

3 Credit(s)

Liberal Arts
This course is an upper-level seminar in media and its social, theoretical, and creative implications. Students will learn theoretical and critical perspectives on the economic, legal, cultural, social, and political implications of media formats from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. Students will identify, evaluate and apply research findings in the development of an original research project. Research methods taught include textual analysis, content analysis, ethnography, survey and quantitative analysis, case studies, and user testing. Topics include digital culture, convergence, narrative, the cyborg, semiotics, digital art, representation and remediation, as well as the expansion of media infrastructures and the development of global and mass mediated technologies.

Offered When: Spring
Prerequisite(s): MDIA 101L or COM 101L, or instructor’s permission. Junior standing.