|
Home
| Subject Search
| Help
| Symbols Help
| Pre-Reg Help
| Final Exam Schedule
| My Selections
|
Searched for: "cms.376" Subjects offered any term 1 subject found.
CMS.376 History of Media and Technology
(
)
(Subject meets with CMS.876)
Prereq: None
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: T EVE (7-10 PM) (E25-117)
Surveys the interrelated histories of communications media and technological development, from the emergence of 19th-century forms of mass print media and telegraphy, to sound capture and image-based forms (e.g., film, radio, and television), to the shift from analog to digital cultures. Examines how new forms of communication exert social, political, and cultural influences in the global context. Explores how technological innovation and accelerating media affect social values and behaviors in the popular and global adoption of a media device. Includes two papers and a research project on aspects of media history. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.
J. Paradis
No textbook information available
| ||||||||
