NEW MEDIA AND SOCIETY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Link key terms and course concepts to contemporary debates on technology and new media Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Use a “new” media technology, while reflecting on the adoption process Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Document the history and adoption of a new media technology, paying attention to its cultural implications Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Demonstrate facility with theory and methodologies from the field of new media studies Audience: Graduate 5. Apply concepts, ideas and arguments from research in new media studies toward an original analysis of a new media object/technology Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Link key terms and course concepts to contemporary debates on technology and new media Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Use a “new” media technology, while reflecting on the adoption process Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Document the history and adoption of a new media technology, paying attention to its cultural implications Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Demonstrate facility with theory and methodologies from the field of new media studies Audience: Graduate 5. Apply concepts, ideas and arguments from research in new media studies toward an original analysis of a new media object/technology Audience: Graduate