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GMDS 30000 - Research Methods in Global Media & Digit

Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMS)
RESEARCH METHODS IN GLOBAL MEDIA & DIGITAL STUDIES This class explores some of the major methodological approaches available to global media and digital studies researchers. Major methods in critical theory, cultural studies, film studies, digital communication, gender/queer studies, decoloniality, and transnationalization are addressed. Special attention is paid to the many digital communication technologies that have emerged in the last twenty years. These include but are not limited to the questions regarding Internet, digital film, video games, mobile communication systems, social networks, online writing, and databases. Students create digital visual images and analyze designs from historical and theoretical perspectives. Students will examine visual experience, global media and digital studies in broad terms, from the perspectives of creators and viewers. Prerequisite(s): GMDS-11000 or GMDS-12000, and 1 200-level GMDS course