Fall 2018 - CMNS 428 D100

Media Analysis Project Group (4)

Class Number: 2371

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2018: Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Instructor:

    Chris Jeschelnik
    cjeschel@sfu.ca
    778-782-6909
    Office: TASC2-7460.8
  • Prerequisites:

    Two upper division CMNS courses and permission of the instructor.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An advanced workshop in media analysis focused on applied research. This course can be repeated for credit up to a maximum of three times, if topic studied is different.

COURSE DETAILS:

Topic:  Digital Media Production Strategies for Supporting and Enhancing Online Dialogue

This course will examine the role of dialogue in the formation of public discourse in online environments. In recent years, an increasing amount of attention has been generated around a perceived lack of truly dialogic exchange amongst users of various social media platforms. The potential role of echo chambers and filter bubbles in the last U.S. election are recent examples. The projects in the course will revolve around the design and production of documentary video resources as interventions intended to afford and facilitate public dialogic processes online.  

Using contemporary studio and field practices as a way of illuminating critical theories and social implications in documentary production as related to the process of creating online dialogue, the various activities in the course will comprise an experimental investigation into the social and technical constrains that affect contemporary documentary media production.  

Students will be required to employ various 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%
  • Video Project Pitch 20%
  • Final Video Project 35%
  • Reading Reflection 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.]

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:

Course readings will be available on Canvas.

Registrar Notes:

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://students.sfu.ca/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

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