MCS 355 - Social Media: Networking and Mobility.

(3.00)

This course is designed to encourage students to critically engage with the growing role that social media, online networks, and mobile communication technologies play in their understanding of self and community, sociability and privacy. Students will reflect on the centrality of collaboration, networking, and participation in social media technologies. Assignments and readings will require students to interact with core questions surrounding the emergence of social media and the impact of living increasingly mediated lives. Special attention will be paid to the centrality of writing in a digital world, even as the platforms for composition, editing, and publication have changed.

Course ID: 101852
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Writing Intensive (GEP)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete MCS 101 or MCS 222 and also ENGL 100 with a grade of ‘C’ or better.