COM 431 Traditions of Digital Media

This course teaches theories of digital media from an aesthetic perspective. Students explore how scholars and practitioners have attempted to define digital media, describe their primary characteristics, and distinguish them from other forms of media. Surveying an array of digital media, from web-based and algorithmic art to videogames and synthetic worlds, the class examines how digital media both depart from and continue earlier media traditions.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

COM 232 and at least one 300-level course from either the Visual Aesthetics or Culture and Society quadrant, or COM 211, or permission of the instructor.

Distribution

(A)

Offered

spring semester