Overview
Description
In this course, we will engage various understandings of media and the tensions surrounding the production, circulation, and reception of information. Paying special attention to questions of knowledge, power, and access, we will critique and create media texts and experiment with various technological platforms. Drawing from social media theories, we will analyze and produce digital compositions ranging from games to digital stories, story-maps to apps.
Requirements
Prerequisites
ENG 102
Corequisites
ENG 301
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102.
Corequisites
Co-requisite(s): ENG 301.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate an understanding of the ways digital technologies and media environments affect their lives, communication, and writing.
- engage in multiple analytical techniques appropriate for studying and evaluating social media texts.
- produce texts in a variety of mediums that demonstrate proficiency with multiple digital writing tools.
- assess their own writing, specifically their strengths and weaknesses using digital technologies to craft arguments, tell stories, and/or share information.