Demonstrates the ability to research and synthesize information.
640 Critical Communications
This course allowed to examine the multifaceted role of communication in the formation of social bonds, identities, and communities in digital spaces. The course drew on insights from rhetorical theory, visual rhetoric, performance studies, public memory studies, critical cultural studies, film studies, and audience analysis (demographics and psychographics) to understand how communication works in digital environments.
630 Transmedia
This course opened the door for me to explore transmedia storytelling as a form of communicating ideas across a range of digital delivery platforms. Specifically, I learned to produce a set of unique but connected stories for diverse audiences and for multiple purposes, including entertainment, marketing, and social change. As a result, I am to identify and analyze the ways in which themes and ideas acquire a new aesthetic and social significance as distinct stories are developed for the different media.
