NMDC 231 - Film, New Media and Culture (3 credits)

(=ENGL 231) (=DCD 231) (Prereq: ENGL 101) An introductory survey of the history, theory, and practice of new media that promotes the development of a critical interdisciplinary framework for approaching New Media studies. The texts and tools for the course build upon critical conversation sin literature, art, history, film and media studies to analyze what is “new” about new media and how they compare with, transform, and remediate earlier media practices. The course promotes a hands-on, active engagement with digital technologies and texts as a means for analysis and critique of new media innovations in contemporary academic research.