Undergraduate Catalog 2020-2021

MCOM 3300 Media, Society, and Technology

This course analyzes relationships among media, technology, and society in relation to economic, political, professional, institutional, and ethical dimensions within a global context.

Credits

3

Typically Offered

Demorest Campus: fall day — Hybrid: spring

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

  1. React critically to how technology and media effect our culture and society.
  2. Demonstrate critical thinking skills in oral and written form. 
  3. Apply personal experiences to assigned readings.
  4. Do additional research to support their opinions. 
  5. Analyze how each assignment augments or contradicts each 
  6. other and choose what they believe is the “truth.”
  7. Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamentals of media, technology and how they affect society and apply this knowledge to broader cultural issues.