GNDR 300JJJ - Soc Media Archive of Feelings

Institution:

Westminster College (Salt Lake City)

Subject:

Gender Studies

Description:

This course is focused on digital ethnography as a means to study how culture shapes and is shaped by social media. We will focus on the symbolic and cultural elements of technology in the roles it plays in fashion, social protests, revolutions and building community amongst marginalized groups. While it is arguable that social media has had positive effects, such as the democratization of the Internet, this course will also study negative effects of social media, such as cyber bullying, sexual predators and isolation. The focus of this course is on the collection of information that social media produces and/or encourages and the impact it has on a particular group or movement regardless of geographic limits. We will pay special attention to how people are motivated or, as some would argue, manipulated to feel empathy for marginalized groups, get involved in politics and partake in events around the globe from the safety of their homes. You will be required to participate in social networks such as Tumblr, Twitter, Vine, YouTube and Snapchat. There are no traditional essays for this course. Instead your final will result in a Tumblr page that serves as an archive that draws on the "feelings" produced by social media.

Credits:

2.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.westminstercollege.edu

Phone Number:

(801) 484-7651

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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