CMST&MM 706 / Technologies of Communication

3 unit(s)

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in Graduate Plan in Communciation & Multimedia or CNMCS

This course will examine technological dimensions of communication practices from various perspectives (e.g., actor-network theory, media ecology, science studies, material cultural studies, and policy formation). Topics may include: the debate over technological determinism; feminist critiques of technology; bio-technology as a communicative medium; technology and democracy; and media technologies in historical and cross-cultural perspective.