Courses
MMC 3260
/ MMC 5015 Communications
on the Internet
Professor Carlson; Credits 3; Prereq Junior standing or above.
History, development and current state of online communications from teletext
to the World Wide Web. Focuses on how online services relate to mass media
in the past, present and future. Analyzes content methods, audiences and income
sources. Students create online projects related to mass communication.
JOU 4946 Applied
Interactive Newspapers
Professor Carlson; Credits 3; Prereq JOU 4104 and JOU 4201.
A senior course bringing together the work of the preceding news courses into
actual experience and newsroom training in the preparation and handling of
news copy, pictures and syndicated materials.
JOU 4341 (Fall) Reporting
and Writing for Online Media
Professor McAdams; Credits 3; Prereq MMC 3260 and JOU 3101 or RTV 3301 or RTV
3301c.
Develop suitable stories as a modular package using primarily text and some
photos while learning to think about unique possibilities of multilinearity
from the start -- before they begin reporting the story.
MMC 2265
(Spring) Technology,
Change and Communications
Professor McAdams; Credits 3; Prereq none
The Internet has been called the third great revolution in communication. How
will daily life change as this revolution continues? It's hard to tell exactly
how new technologies affect us while we're in the midst of the changes they
make possible. Alphabets, paper, the printing press and the telegraph have
changed not only the ways in which humans communicate but also cultures, governments
and economies, art and religion. To predict where the Internet and other newer
technologies might take us, we will look for patterns in the adoption -- and
mutations -- of earlier innovations.
MMC4341 / MMC 6936 (Spring) Advanced Online Media Production
Professor McAdams; Credits 3; Prereq MMC 3260, JOU 3601
Advanced skills in appropriate technologies for producing online journalism.
Sophisticated design of navigation interfaces for online information;
screen/page design and site structure planning; Web video, audio, photos and
animation; Web forms and databases. Emphasis on professional techniques and
standards. Several software packages used; students must be able to take
initiative in learning. Students complete a final portfolio project.
MMC
6441 (Fall) New Media
and a Democratic Society
Professor McAdams; Credits 3; Prereq none
If free speech and a free press are essential to a democratic society, is
a democracy threatened or improved by the growth of the Net? Is the Internet
protected by the First Amendment? A stronger and more participatory democracy
may emerge in the United States because of changes related to new media.
Empowerment of the public also could be deliberately prevented. What should
journalists do as these events take shape?