Digital Media Influence. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours

Catalog description

Prerequisite: COM 3713 or consent of instructor. This course provides a comprehensive overview of research in the area of digital media influence and effects. Specifically, this course explores the theories and methodologies used by communication scholars to examine how exposure to digital media can change an individual’s thoughts, emotions, attitudes, and behaviors. These effects will be further explored in various intercultural and international contexts. This course also allows students to design and implement their own research study. Students will gather and analyze original data and write up their findings. This course allows students to reconnect with what they learned in prior communication classes (e.g., digital media, audiences, production, etc.) and apply that knowledge to an original capstone research project. Course Fees: LRLF $10.27; STLF $18.48.