Fall 2019 - CMNS 387 D100

Special Topics in Communication (4)

Digital Literacies in CMNS

Class Number: 3580

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2019: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Instructor:

    Christopher Jeschelnik
    cjeschel@sfu.ca
    1 778 782-6909
    Office: TT-7460.8
  • Prerequisites:

    Depends on topic, published before enrollment.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Intensive analysis of a particular topic in the general area of communication. This course can be repeated for credit up to a maximum of three times, if topic studied is different.

COURSE DETAILS:

A seminar examining the potential opportunities, challenges and conditions for public engagement through various social media platforms. Online public engagement has tremendous capacity to shape and inform participation across various public sector and non-profit entities but in many cases this potential has not been fully actualized. Employing the practices and techniques of digital storytelling, students will design social media interventions for specific public engagement initiatives.  

Students will be required to employ a wide variety of production practices in the form of research, interviewing, audio and video recording, editing, presentation and distribution of media. Group meetings, seminars, and workshops are scheduled weekly. Students should expect to spend an additional minimum of four hours per week in the studio, on location, or in edit suites.

Prerequisite:  60 units, and approval as a Communication student. 

Grading

  • Workshop Activities 25%
  • Public Engagement Intervention I 25%
  • Public Engagement Intervention II 25%
  • Social Media Communication Strategy 25%

NOTES:

The school expects that the grades awarded in this course will bear some reasonable relation to established university-wide practices with respect to both levels and distribution of grades. In addition, The School will follow Policy S10.01 with respect to Academic Integrity, and Policies S10.02, S10.03 and S10.04 as regards Student Discipline [Note: as of May 1, 2009 the previous T10 series of policies covering Intellectual Honesty (T10.02) and Academic Discipline (T10.03) have been replaced with the new S10 series of policies.]

REQUIREMENTS:

 A minimum 2.25 CMNS CGPA and 2.00 overall CGPA, and approval as a communication student is required for entry into most communication upper division courses.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Hart, Jack. Storycraft: The complete guide to writing narrative nonfiction. University of Chicago Press, 2012. 
ISBN: 9780226318165.

Other course readings will be available through Canvas.

Registrar Notes:

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS