COMM 485 - Future of Media and Society

Units: 4
Study of the landscape of current and future media with the aim of creating stories about emerging media. Covers short, medium and long-term evolution in technology and culture. Uses scenario planning as a technique for considering complex, unpredictable interrelationships.

Prerequisites: Department consent.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Think critically about long-term issues media and organizational effectiveness and sustainability;
Analyze significant trends about media and digital culture;
Provide evidence-based claims addressing the future of media;
Imagine innovative media and organizational transformation in 2040;
Identify and explain different rates of societal and natural change over time as they relate to organizational transformation.