SUMMER 2008 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS & DATES: COMM-535 N01L

Course Title

Dates

COMM-535 N01L
Special Topics in News Media: Media @ the Millennium

6/9/08-7/25/08

Instructor: Amy Eisman

This on-line course explores the ever-changing influences of technology, audience, business, and bias on the quality and role of journalism. It focuses on everything from targeted content to blogging, moblogging, citizen journalism, crowdsourcing, content rating, and more, with a hard look at emergent technology and the changing role of the gatekeeper.