MP 300 - Topics in Media Psychology

Credits: 4
An upper-level course that takes a deeper look at the psychosocial impacts and ethics of media technology design and use. The course analyzes the evolution of communication platforms and their progressive and changing impacts on how we think, communicate, gather, and grow (or not) as human beings. Topics include a brief history of everyday devices; transitions in perception and cognition; styles and strategies of online discourse; norms and narratives of a private and public world; and raised by the internet - questions of psychological development in a media-saturated age. Various topics offered in the area of Media Psychology.

Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): MP 110 and MP 210
Course Restrictions: Junior standing
Liberal Arts Perspective(s):
Note(s): May be repeated for credit if topics differ