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Jun 02, 2024
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MDIA 4140 - New Media and Communication Technologies
An introductory course that examines the role of digital technologies and broadband networks in the implementation of modern media and communication services. Emerging applications in telephony, cable, wireless, satellite, broadcasting, Internet, and multimedia are highlighted.
Requisites: Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - To understand not only what the new media technologies can do, but to perceive the ways they change the way people think about what can and cannot be done.
- To comprehend the economic, regulatory, and social constraints at work that influence the short and long-term viability of these technologies.
- To gain a basic understanding of how these technologies work, the problems they are designed to solve, and how they interconnect with other media.
- To learn about specific developments in telephone, cable, wireless, satellite, broadcasting, and Internet that will be the basis of future jobs and careers.
- To learn how to do new media literature research and write effective briefing papers.
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