Researching Digital Media: Methods and Methodologies

4 credits · Undergraduate

This course introduces students to approaches in the study of digital media, giving practical grounding in digital methodologies and tools for social, cultural and media analysis. Students learn how to develop a conceptual framework; integrate the framework and the method; and identify digitally-centred topics, objects, or subjects for study. Through group collaboration and shared knowledge activities, students consider how knowledge is created within research practice, and in relation to the interdisciplinary study of technology, social media, and digital worlds. Students will use methods in context; engage in weekly activities like methods games, active peer review, and media analysis; and select specific methods they want to learn about.