Fall 2016
Course Title: Introduction to Media and Digital Culture Course #: MCS 214 – 3 credits No pre-requisites required.
Class location: Carman 229
Class Dates: Aug 30, 2016 – Dec 6, 2016
Class Day and Time: Tuesdays, 2pm to 3:15pm
Course Description: The history of media, technology theory, Internet, critical digital environments, print, images, photography, Film, TV, radio, advertising, Internet and Web media.
Professor Information: Jonah Brucker-Cohen
Office hours: Tuesdays, 12PM to 2PM and by appointment
Office location: Carman 269
Email: jonah.bruckercohen at lehman.cuny.edu
Course Details and Classroom specific policies:
Students will develop an understanding of how media has evolved into digital forms over the past several decades. Digital media has an enormous impact on society by influencing pop culture and promoting the free exchange of ideas and leading to change. The class explores the economics of broadcasting and some of the ways in which the federal government has regulated and deregulated its functions. This course offers a global view of broadcasting, online media, newspapers and other text-based media, programming strategies, marketing techniques and the ways in which media affect our daily lives and may change our perspective. Students should expect to be writing regularly and proofreading their work thoroughly before submission. Class participation is also essential during discussion portions of the class in which current media content is analyzed.
Deliverables:
Weekly blog posts are due for each class meeting that analyze the readings for the week. All students must complete a final project presentation for the course. Every student must submit a 1500 word paper related to their final project. The theme of the final project is your prediction for the future of media and digital culture. What will this field look like in 10, 20, 30 years? What new innovations will be possible and how will we access them?
Materials:
No Books – All Material is Online
Use of Technology: All assignments should be posted through the class Blog / Website. We will go over how to use this the first day of class.
Grading Policy: Grading of individual assignments will be based on the quality and accuracy of work in analytical writing, observational writing or the preparation of content that would be designed for use in professional media. The final course grade will be based written assignments, attendance and on-time arrival in class.
Late assignments: Please observe assignment deadlines. Assignments received late will receive a reduction of one full letter grade. Assignments submitted after one week past the deadline are not accepted and will receiving a failing grade.
Blog Posts: 30%
Attendance and Class Participation: 30%
Finals: 40%
Accommodating Disabilities: Lehman College is committed to providing access to all programs and curricula to all students. Students with disabilities who may need classroom accommodations are encouraged to register with the Office of Student Disability Services. For more information, please contact the Office of Student Disability Services, located in Shuster Hall, Room 238. The phone number is 718-960-8441.
The Academic Center for Excellence (ACE) & the Science Learning Center (SLC)
The Academic Center for Excellence (ACE) and the Science Learning Center (SLC) are two of the tutoring centers on campus. The ACE provides appointment based and drop-in tutoring in the humanities, social sciences, and writing, as well as general writing and academic skills workshops. The SLC provides drop-in tutoring for natural and computer science course. To obtain more information about ACE and SLC, please visit their website at http://www.lehman.edu/issp or please call the ACE at 718-980-8175 and the SLC at 718-960-7707.
Attendance Policy:
Students are expected to attend classes regularly and instructors are required to record attendance for grading and counseling purposes. Individual instructors, as well as departments and degree programs, may establish specific attendance requirements. Instructors have the right to weigh attendance and class participation in determining grades. It is the student’s responsibility to ascertain the effect attendance may have on the grade in a course. Students receiving financial aid must be certified as attending classes regularly for continuing eligibility. If you arrive late to class, you are considered absent for the class.
Academic Integrity: An important statement may be found in the student handbook. For more information, please go to http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/student-affairs/documents/student-handbook-02.pdf . PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT PLAGIARISM IS A SERIOUS OFFENSE AND THAT NO ONE SHOULD EVER TAKE SOMEONE ELSE’S THOUGHTS (cut-and-paste or otherwise) AND REPRESENT THEM AS HIS OR HER OWN. Plagiarism is intellectual theft and can be grounds for course failure and academic discipline.
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