Fall 2020 - CMNS 387 D100
Special Topics in Communication (4)
Class Number: 6972
Delivery Method: Remote
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Christopher Jeschelnik
cjeschel@sfu.ca
1 778 782-6909
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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.
Grading
- Workshop Activities 20%
- Public Engagement Intervention I 15%
- Reading Reflection I 15%
- Public Engagement Intervention II 15%
- Reading Reflection II 15%
- Online Discussions 20%
NOTES:
Your enrollment (in this course) means you acknowledge that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the Internet. Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).
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:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
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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
TEACHING AT SFU IN FALL 2020
Teaching at SFU in fall 2020 will be conducted primarily through remote methods. There will be in-person course components in a few exceptional cases where this is fundamental to the educational goals of the course. Such course components will be clearly identified at registration, as will course components that will be “live” (synchronous) vs. at your own pace (asynchronous). Enrollment acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the internet. In some cases your instructor may use Zoom or other means requiring a camera and microphone to invigilate exams. If proctoring software will be used, this will be confirmed in the first week of class.
Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).