ClassInfo - Spring 2021 Communication Classes

Spring 2021 | COMM 4291 Section 001: New Telecommunication Media (65650)

Instructor(s): Gilbert Rodman
Kathryn Burden (TA)
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: Completely Online
Class Attributes:: Delivery Mode
Online Course
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021

Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM

Off Campus

UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:: Open (25 of 27 seats filled)
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Spring 2025
(Tentative) Fall 2024
(Tentative) Spring 2024
(Tentative) Fall 2023
(Tentative) Fall 2022

Course Catalog Description:: Development and current status of new telecommunication media such as cable TV, satellites, DBS, MDS, and video disk/cassettes. Technology, historical development, regulation, and programming of these media and their influence on individuals, organizations, and society. prereq: 3211 or instr consent
Class Description:: It has become something of a cliché to claim that our world has been revolutionized by "new" communication technologies such as the internet, laptop computers, TiVo, iPods, Blackberries, and the like. How true that cliché is, however, depends a great deal on which technologies one is talking about, where in the world one is trying to measure their impact, and precisely what counts as a "revolutionary" change. The actual relationship between technology and culture is rarely (if ever) as simple as such clichés make it out to be. Our task this semester will be to engage some though by no means all of the major social, cultural, and political issues raised by the growth and spread of digital media, and to do so with an appreciation for the nuances and complexities of these issues.
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65650/1213
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 1 November 2016

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