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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None
Students learn to understand and navigate the dynamics of the modern technology-infused workplace in which the ability to apply well-developed communication, writing, and technological skills/competencies in virtual settings is vital. Theory, research, and case studies will be analyzed with regard to virtual teambuilding, managing conflict and power dynamics, enhancing creativity and innovation, gathering and disseminating information effectively and ethically, integrating virtual and face-to-face tasks and spaces as appropriate, embracing diversity and inclusion, and facilitating global, intercultural collaboration. The course takes a multi-disciplinary approach to these topics, blending insights from multiple disciplines including communication, psychology, sociology, business, and human resources management.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Describe and explain theories, research, and case studies of virtual team dynamics with groups and teams from different cultural, social, professional, and organizational backgrounds.
- Apply a variety of writing/communication capabilities such as formulating communication objectives, writing for a variety of audiences and mediums, and selecting and using communication technologies appropriately to meet objectives.
- Evaluate the effect of communication and media on global cultures and societies and modern organizations.
- Identify common obstacles to effective problem solving and decision making and develop approaches to anticipate and address these challenges in the course of remote communication.
- Discuss and make decisions on the basis of the ethical uses and applications of online and mediated communication technologies.
- Negotiate, problem solve, and respectfully share in team responsibilities with group members, and create and present group work virtually.
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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None
Through the lens of different media such as newspaper articles, blogs, Wikipedia entries, social media posts, and news programs, students examine and judge the quality of information presented, analyze the economic and cultural factors that affect the availability and reliability of electronic information, and compare and contrast with other sources. After this exploration of information searching and evaluation, the class will address how information is organized and attributed.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Explain the differences among varying theoretical concepts and philosophical views of information creation, distribution, organization, search behaviors, and impact.
- Analyze and describe the function of societal institutions for creation, distribution, and management of information and their impact on use of information in society.
- Evaluate the effect of information, information technologies, information systems and media on cultures and societies.
- Interpret information and its delivery in an economic framework.
- Identify and explain key information policy issues and institutions of the past and present.
- Compare, contrast, and critique various media coverage of the same event such as in newspapers, television, and on the Internet.
- Discuss the ethical uses of information through an analysis of decision models.
- Search effectively in a variety of information environments.
RU Core Learning Goal met by this course:
ITR-z: Students will be able to analyze and critically assess information from traditional and emergent technologies.
WCd: Communicate effectively in modes appropriate to a discipline or area of inquiry; evaluate and critically assess sources and use the conventions of attribution and citation correctly; and analyze and synthesize information and ideas from multiple sources to generate new insights.
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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None
This course introduces students to the interplay between data and its surrounding societal context. It will cover the basics of data science, focusing on the ethical, legal, and social implications of data and algorithms. Students will learn to conceptualize and evaluate practical applications of data science in communication, information, and media contexts. (Note that ITI students have an ITI course number for this class, 04:547:225.)
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Develop the ability to assess and articulate the relevance of data for a particular organizational or societal problem.
- Identify frameworks for understanding the impact of data on society and that of society on data.
- Explain the background of quantification and data-fication, including its social and political purposes.
- Analyze and critique the ethical, legal, and social implications of data collection, data processing, and algorithm development.
- Design practical applications of data science in communication, information, and media contexts in ways that are sensitive to social, structural and political economic concerns.
- Communicate data science outputs to relevant audiences with attention to their contexts.
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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None
Examines theories and techniques for analyzing, producing, and disseminating messages. Students will learn how to use web-based and multimedia presentation tools to connect with a variety of audiences and convey a desired message. Each student will craft a message to support some social change by developing and shaping the message into compelling digital media presentations in a range of formats.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Understand and approach audience needs from a standpoint of communication and media theory.
- Acquire a basic proficiency with a set of digital multimedia tools.
- Understand and design content for today's digital media environment.
- Apply key video editing, animation, and web design principles to create engaging digital media content, using a variety of tools and methods to communicate effectively.
RU Core Learning Goal met by this course:
Information Technology and Research (ITR) aa. Understand the principles that underlie information systems.
WDd - Communicate effectively in modes appropriate to a discipline or area of inquiry; evaluate and critically assess sources and use the conventions of attribution and citation correctly; and analyze and synthesize information and ideas from multiple sources to generate new insights.
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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: 04:189:151 or 152; 04:189:251 Corequisites: None
Students will use a variety of exercises and scenarios to employ creativity and innovation in problem solving, weigh risk, perform leadership and management roles with peers, and grapple with the consequences of making and implementing decisions in digital environments. Students will learn how to assess and select among various technologies for making and disseminating decisions. This course presents a framework for understanding the role of technology in leadership functions including planning, information dissemination, consensus building, negotiation and engagement with stakeholders for informed and participative decision-making in online and virtual settings.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the core competencies of leaders in organizations, particularly as they apply to interaction and interpersonal communication in online and virtual settings;
- Explain how digital environments impact and are impacted by organizational culture;
- Communicate effectively and identify appropriate leadership strategies and approaches in a variety of digital environments;
- Analyze the effectiveness of virtual communication efforts and recommend appropriate methods of communication.
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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None
Students explore what it means to have multiple and merging "identities" in an online community. How are interpersonal relationships and group interactions manifested in virtual environments? How are identity and selfhood expressed? What is the impact on communication when gender, race, and other physical attributes are self-selected and represented digitally? What are the implications for privacy and security? What does this mean for the workplace? What do 'human rights' mean in a virtual society and is citizenship changed with purely online interaction? Students will evaluate the consequences of a digital context on the self and society.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Become immersed in a digital environment, and evaluate how persistent digital worlds influence individual, small group, and community interactions.
- Apply course readings to analyze user experiences in a virtual environment.
- Critique arguments on property, privacy and ownership in a virtual context.
- Evaluate virtual environments as collaborative work tools and examine the implications on the future of work.
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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None
This course explores whether and how emerging digital technologies - such as social, mobile, wearable media; virtual worlds and games; sensor-laden devices and environments; robotics; drones; implantable chips; artificial intelligence - contribute to disruptive changes in relationships, organizations, societies, and selves. Multiple perspectives on communication, information, and media will be applied in analyzing the extent to which the structure, norms, and dynamics of modern social life have changed and have experienced continuity, and the conditions under which such changes can be considered disruptive. Micro- and macro-level processes and outcomes (interpersonal, cultural, political, global) of emerging digital technologies will be examined.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify and explain concepts, theories, and research findings across multiple disciplines regarding the history, innovation, adoption, use, and impact of digital technologies.
- Employ digital search and selection strategies to identify, retrieve, and evaluate relevant and reputable information sources regarding the opportunities, consequences, and disruptive potential of technological change.
- Analyze the opportunities and consequences of technological change, continuity, and disruption from both micro and macro perspectives.
- Use a variety of digital technologies and social media effectively and authoritatively for communication, conversation, collaboration, and networking.
RU Core Learning Goals met by this course:
Information Technology and Research (ITR) y. Employ current technologies to access information, to conduct research, and to communicate findings.
CCO-2: Analyze the relationship that science and technology have to a contemporary social issue.
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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Open only to declared DCIM minors; and completion of at least 15 credits within the minor, or completion of 12 credits and concurrent enrollment in one other DCIM course. Corequisites: None
The capstone course is designed to facilitate students' synthesis of what they have learned in the program, through a directed project. Students will first work together in class to identify and refine projects or areas of research to complete. Capstone project presentations will be captured digitally for feedback from the larger community. Capstone projects may be done individually or in pairs. Projects will contribute to the students' websites; a portion of this class will include preparation of a website of material from the minor. Prerequisites: Completion of at least 15 credits within the minor, or completion of 12 credits and concurrent enrollment in one other DCIM course. Open only to declared DCIM minors.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Design a project individually or in pairs and follow the steps to completion, applying knowledge gained to a specific problem, question, or issue.
- Show proficiency in integrating what they have learned throughout the DCIM minor to a specific context rooted in their own major study area.
- Demonstrate the ability to successfully prioritize, organize, and carry out a project including a plan for completing the document.
- Adapt the knowledge and a project for a specific audience or audiences.
- Integrate knowledge of a major discipline with the skills and knowledge gained in the minor.