Course description and purpose

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CNJ595: Social Media Communication, Community, and Literacy

University of Miami, School of Communication

In a few short years, social media has profoundly changed the online communication landscape. With the advent of new tools and platforms, more and more people are publishing and participating in conversations online. Mass adoption of social computing technologies has led to new types of mediated interaction as people maintain more relationships than any time prior.

As former members of the audience become the creators of content, corporations and media organizations lose control of their marketing message and individuals face new challenges in terms of privacy, identity, and the maintenance of virtual relationships.

After an overview of how we got here, this course explores these opportunities and challenges across a number of disciplines and technologies.

This course is grounded in practice, and you will be required to participate in social networks, forums, blogs, wikis, micro-blogs, and more. Class discussions, presentations by students, readings, and examples of emerging technologies and media will bring us greater understanding of the issues, evolution, and practice of social media. We will also learn from case studies, invited speakers, and our own learning journals, new effective strategies and applications of these platforms.

The class is highly participatory both offline and online. Between the weekly scheduled class meetings, this course’s discussion continues in a variety of online and virtual environments. Those who complete this course will know how to use social media productively, and have a framework for understanding and evaluating new tools and platforms.

  • Instructor: Alex de Carvalho
  • E-mail: alexdc@boxbe.com
  • Phone: 305-403-9747
  • Weblog: http://alexdc.org
  • Meeting place and time: Wednesday, 6:25pm – 9:05pm
  • Office hours: TBD

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Course Syllabus: Social Media Communication, Community, and Literacy

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