Schedule
Mon, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM (8/31/2009 - 12/22/2009) Location: MAIN HAL 304
Mon, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM (8/31/2009 - 9/11/2009) Location: MAIN HAL 304
Description
450. MEDIA AND THE HUMANE ENVIRONMENT: SEMINAR IN MEDIA ECOLOGY. This course provides an historical survey of how human media shape the social environment and structure human thought. Taught as a seminar, students read and discuss Plato, Ong, Postman, McLuhan, and others who have contributed to understanding of orality, literacy, image, and electronic media. Semester course, three hours.