COMM 416 - Communication, Technology, and Social Change

Units: 4
Investigates the interplay of communication, media technologies, content and society, looking at the way media and communication participate in structuring identity, social relations, political economy. Examines participatory culture, media change, innovation, the participation gap, informal learning and knowledge communities.

Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Frame personal experiences and global trends of the digital age with the formal theoretical frameworks of social- and technological change;
Apply the learned concepts to real-world examples of your own choice, which enables you to articulate complex issues eloquently and in a way that is meaningful to you;
Develop a more structured understanding about digitalization, and of its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and imminent threats;
Develop a basic appreciation of the complexities of human development, as well as the challenges that arise when intervening in social evolution (through public policy and private strategies), especially during times of fast-paced change;
Gain insights into how authorities from companies and governments currently manage disruptive and problematic dynamics of digitally-driven social change.