Over the past 20 years, social media have transformed the communication landscape by disrupting traditional media industries and creating new opportunities for group action. Despite many changes taking place on the surface with new platforms and apps showing up daily, the success of these new social tools can be interpreted through a set of enduring innovations and insights. This course will introduce students to core operative concepts influencing the social impact of digital communications. During the course, students will work together in small groups to develop and apply a critical perspective to a social media platform idea using the concepts introduced in the course. This course will be delivered by an experienced digital media researcher, using a media ecology perspective informed by Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan.
Dr. Gordon A. Gow, Associate Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- Teacher: Miriam Schnick