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JOUR 720 - The Future of Media

(3 units)
Analysis of the implications of the transition from a mass mediated industrial news system to an online networked system of news and journalism.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. recognize and summarize the major strands of thinking on social networks and networked journalism.
2. contextualize this conversation within the broader history of journalism.
3. apply new-found knowledge to a critical assessment of recent innovations in journalism.
4. make an informal judgment of their own about the kind of media communicator they wish to be and how they might create opportunities to achieve this role.


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