The Cutting Edge: What's New in the Media

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The Cutting Edge -What's New in the Media is a comprehensive overview of emerging media forms from a production and storytelling perspective. In it, students will explore how the worlds of film, television, journalism, and other fields are adopting new forms of communicating their messages, telling the viewer a story or simply sharing the news. How are cutting edge forms of media becoming part of our daily mix of news, entertainment, sports, documentaries , commercials, and other types of media consumption? The Cutting Edge will explore virtual reality, augmented reality, storytelling in video games, 360 videos, and the many small computers we carry with us everywhere we go. Through series of readings, lectures, assignments , in-class exercises, and creative research projects, students will learn about the history and form of each of several emerging media technologies, with an emphasis on understanding the differences in storytelling, audience, niche, and technology used to create each one.