COML1031 - Television and New Media

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Television and New Media
Term
2023A
Subject area
COML
Section number only
401
Section ID
COML1031401
Course number integer
1031
Meeting times
MW 3:30 PM-4:59 PM
Meeting location
ANNS 110
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Peter Decherney
Description
How and when do media become digital? What does digitization afford and what is lost as television and cinema become digitized? As lots of things around us turn digital, have we started telling stories, sharing experiences, and replaying memories differently? What has happened to television and life after New Media ? How have television audiences been transformed by algorithmic cultures of Netflix and Hulu? How have (social) media transformed socialities as ephemeral snaps and swiped intimacies become part of the "new" digital/phone cultures? This is an introductory survey course and we discuss a wide variety of media technologies and phenomena that include: cloud computing, Internet of Things, trolls, distribution platforms, optical fiber cables, surveillance tactics, social media, and race in cyberspace. We also examine emerging mobile phone cultures in the Global South and the environmental impact of digitization. Course activities include Tumblr blog posts and Instagram curations. The final project could take the form of either a critical essay (of 2000 words) or a media project.
Course number only
1031
Cross listings
ARTH1070401, CIMS1030401, ENGL1950401
Use local description
No