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COM 150

Intro Digital Comm & Culture · 3 credits · Spring 2027

Requirements

Prerequisite: English Proficiency Index of 55 or higher, or ESL 94RW or higher

About this course

This course introduces students to the major critical methods, policy issues, and creative forms involved in contemporary digital media in the United States and across the globe. The course will foster discussion regarding the ways digital media affects ways of thinking, availability and access to ideas and cultures, ways of storing knowledge and memory, and avenues for cultural resistance and activism. Students will engage with academic and popular texts to analyze the history and evolution of the role of digital communication in human interaction and culture. Through written reflections, analysis of media, lectures, and films, students will consider how digital media functions in educational, professional, and social contexts.

Seat status as of Oct 2, 6:33 PM ET. Seats can change between refreshes.

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0500-LEC Regular
Arranged · TBA
Online-Asynchronous
Elizabeth WhitneyChill Rank 1 of 5: Chill?★ 4.6(36)Difficulty 2.0/5 · 90% would take again#1 chillest of 2 for this course
Online AsynchronousOpen
1400-LEC Regular
Tue · 2:30 PM - 5:15 PM
70 Murray M308
Eliot ChaytChill Rank 2 of 5: Easy?★ 4.1(14)Difficulty 2.3/5 · 87% would take again#2 chillest of 2 for this course
In PersonOpen