MEDIA FLUENCY FOR THE DIGITAL AGE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Communication & Literacy Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand what it means to be digitally fluent. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand key media fluency terms and know why they are important. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Critically examine how digital media forms are both consumed and produced in society - and how this affects society, culture, politics, and the economy. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply media fluency knowledge and skills to produce fun and interesting, yet critical and thought-provoking digital media across a variety of forms – including podcasts, video, blogs, Wikipedia content, and other forms of social media. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Be aware of ethics, policies, and industry standards surrounding content production in the digital space. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand what it means to be digitally fluent. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand key media fluency terms and know why they are important. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Critically examine how digital media forms are both consumed and produced in society - and how this affects society, culture, politics, and the economy. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply media fluency knowledge and skills to produce fun and interesting, yet critical and thought-provoking digital media across a variety of forms – including podcasts, video, blogs, Wikipedia content, and other forms of social media. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Be aware of ethics, policies, and industry standards surrounding content production in the digital space. Audience: Undergraduate