HSCT 102 - Old New Media

Institution:

Catholic University of America

Subject:

Honors Culture and Technology

Description:

Old New Media examines the concept of mediation in historical context. Building on HSCT 101¿s interrogation of the technologically mediated text, this course examines the reciprocal relationship between ¿new¿ media technologies and the societies in which they operate and to media that preceded and followed them. It includes readings in the histories of the analytical engine, the printing press, the camera obscura, the daguerreotype camera, the stereoscope, the telegraph, the telephone, the phonograph, film, radio, and television as well as other, less well known or successful media technologies.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.cua.edu

Phone Number:

(202) 319-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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