LATINX DIGITAL PUBLICS
Study and reflect on Latinx unequal access to media and the political and social context of media in Latinx communities. Develop research, writing, editing and copyediting, collaboration, and project management skills while contributing to Latinx Studies research. Create content for such online outlets as Latinx Talk, La Bloga, Latinx Project, Wikipedia and UW-Madison publications.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: CHICLA 201 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Comm QR - Communication B Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize and appraise the histories, experiences, and perspectives of Latinx people in creating, participating in, and influencing media, journalism, and digital/online information. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify links between media created by Latinx and minoritized peoples and their audiences, evaluate the effectiveness of these media for those audiences, and examine the significance of particular media forms. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Critically evaluate contemporary Latinx digital/online humanities and arts projects, scholarly publications, journalism, and community-based knowledge projects. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Create digital/online Latinx studies content and make convincing spoken presentations about their work, using appropriate style and disciplinary conventions and drawing on core Latinx studies library resources. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Evaluate the contributions of peers and provide useful feedback Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Engage in best practices for collaborative work. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Demonstrate graduate-level research knowledge of Latinx Studies in the digital sphere in additional final research paper. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize and appraise the histories, experiences, and perspectives of Latinx people in creating, participating in, and influencing media, journalism, and digital/online information. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify links between media created by Latinx and minoritized peoples and their audiences, evaluate the effectiveness of these media for those audiences, and examine the significance of particular media forms. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Critically evaluate contemporary Latinx digital/online humanities and arts projects, scholarly publications, journalism, and community-based knowledge projects. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Create digital/online Latinx studies content and make convincing spoken presentations about their work, using appropriate style and disciplinary conventions and drawing on core Latinx studies library resources. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Evaluate the contributions of peers and provide useful feedback Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Engage in best practices for collaborative work. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Demonstrate graduate-level research knowledge of Latinx Studies in the digital sphere in additional final research paper. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027