Communication Studies
COMM 1255: Communication in a Digital Age
Lecture - 4 credits
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- Covers digital communication's history, technical basis (“protocol” and the “Web” ), communicative effects, commercial applications, culture, and societal interactions.
- Digital communication is central to contemporary life and is (consequently) often taken for granted, which this course seeks to remedy.
- Applies practical skills relative to theories about collaboration and cultural production and engagement with and analyses of online cultures.
- Offers students an opportunity to become effective online communicators—using practical exercises such as email filtering, online collaboration, and writing in a Web markup format—and to make use of critical thinking to understand and engage with issues such as online privacy, gender and racial bias, and marketplace credibility and fraud.
Covers digital communication's history, technical basis (“protocol” and the “Web” ), communicative effects, commercial applications, culture, and societal interactions. Show more.