Spring 2027

The Impact of Emerging Media

Introduction to literature and research on emerging communication technologies like blogs, social media, and mobile devices, examining their psychological, social, political, and policy impacts on individuals and society.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Angela Lee

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.90 GPA, 97.6% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.71 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Discuss some of the social and technical forces that interact to shape the emergence of new media technologies.

  • Identify emerging media technologies and trends that have had a significant impact on individual and societal levels.

  • Describe some of the major impacts of various types of emerging media at the individual and societal levels.

  • Conduct and synthesize research on emerging media using scholarly and professional sources, identifying major ideas, trends, and gaps in the literature.

  • Communicate complex findings about emerging media clearly and accessible to non-expert audiences.

  • Assess emerging technologies and reflect on one's own media use to make informed and ethical decisions about technology engagement.

  • Integrate and critique academic theories and empirical studies to propose new directions or questions for research on emerging media.

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JOURN 622

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.90 GPA, 97.6% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.71 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Emerging communication technologies including blogs, social media, MMOs, and mobile devices
  • Psychological, social, political, industrial, and policy implications of new media
  • Adoption and usage issues of new communication technologies
  • Journalism, strategic communication, and digital media in politics

Skills

  • Basic social and scientific understanding of technology-individual-society interplay
  • Empirical approaches to studying media-technology relationships
  • Ethical assessment and decision-making regarding technology engagement
  • Critique of academic theories and proposal of new research directions

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JOURN 622 · Spring 2027

The Impact of Emerging Media

Recorded 2026-10-14
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