COMM 140 Digital Communication
Digital Communication explores the challenges, opportunities, and realities that new channels of communication present in the 21st Century. The course will cover personal, academic, and professional applications of a variety of digital communication from email and text to social media. Students will be required to have and use a variety of free Web 2.0 accounts including a Facebook account.
General Education Competency
CSI Core Wellness
Notes
Students are required to have a variety of Web 2.0 accounts
COMM 140Digital Communication
Please note: This is not a course syllabus. A course syllabus is unique to a particular section of a course by instructor. This curriculum guide provides general information about a course.
I. General Information
Department
Social Science
II. Course Specification
Course Type
Program Requirement
General Education Competency
CSI Core Wellness
Semester Contact Hours Lecture
48
Notes and Advisories (only if included in catalog)
Students are required to have a variety of Web 2.0 accounts
Grading Method
Letter grade
III. Catalog Course Description
Digital Communication explores the challenges, opportunities, and realities that new channels of communication present in the 21st Century. The course will cover personal, academic, and professional applications of a variety of digital communication from email and text to social media. Students will be required to have and use a variety of free Web 2.0 accounts including a Facebook account.
IV. Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:
- Compose effective digital communication messages as evidenced by a digital etiquette project as well as class communication over the course of the entire semester.
- Advocate written positions of their choosing regarding current issues of controversy in digital communication.
- Create their own digital portfolio to demonstrate effective communication using common digital and Web 2.0 applications that they will encounter in personal, academic, and professional settings.
V. Topical Outline (Course Content)
Current practical and philosophical issues regarding behavior, access, and privacy with digital communication channels.
VI. Delivery Methodologies
Required Assignments
COMM 140 is an entirely online class. It was designed that way to provide a laboratory for best practices in digital communication channels. The course should be taught online to preserve that intent.
Digital Etiquette Presentations
Research Paper
Digital Portfolio
Required Exams
Common final exam among all sections
Grading rubrics for individual assignments available upon request
Required Text
Lindgreen, Simon (2017). Digital Media and Society. London: Sage Publishing.
Free digital resources to include web links, electronic journals and publications, .pdf files, wikis, blogs, social media, etc.
College of Southern Idaho’s on-line Canva and Internet systems
Specific Course Activity Assignment or Assessment Requirements
COMM 140 is an entirely online class. It was designed that way to provide a laboratory for best practices in digital communication channels. The course should be taught online to preserve that intent.
Digital Etiquette Presentations
Research Paper
Digital Portfolio
Common final exam among all sections
Grading rubrics for individual assignments available upon request