MEDIA 392 Edit

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This course explores historical cases and contemporary developments in new media practices, technologies, and theories. Students will be introduced to the key concepts and critical tools for understanding and critically engaging new media. Students actively participate in producing and examining blogs, wikis, various social networking applications, and other forms of emerging media. Whether you just want to understand more about the cultural meaning(s) of the application through which you live your Facebook life, or whether perhaps you’ve been following events in Iran lately and are fascinated by the roles new media have played in the election and aftermath, this course may be for you.

New Media and Class Work                           Edit

• Final Exam Review Questions
• Overview of Topics Covered.
• New Media in the News                                                                                                             
• Social Networking Sites   
• Social networking site directory
• New Media Mid-Term Study Guide   
• Weekly Course Notes
• Confusion from Class
• Miscellaneous Terms
• The Blog Project
• Articles after the Mid-Term

Featured Terms: Week of December 7, 2009Edit

• "Walled Garden"

• Generative verses Tethered

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