Jun 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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COMS 4630 - Rhetoric and Electronic Media
Examines meaning-making via the electronic symbol, verbal and graphic. Classes will alternate between the analysis of theories and close examination of radio, hypertext (online via the World Wide Web and stored on CD-ROM), email, word processing, and television–especially in contrast to print and speech.
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 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate understanding of the body of theory on the relation of communication technologies to meaning-making.
- Apply those theories to examples of various electronic media (radio, television, e-mail, the World Wide Web, and interactive CD-ROM), including a project of the student’s choice and development.
- Demonstrate ability to evaluate, both orally and in writing, the utility and relevance of existing knowledge on meaning making in electronic media.
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