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MPOP 372 — DIGITAL CULTURE AND NEW MEDIA (CUR-390)

MPOP 372 — DIGITAL CULTURE AND NEW MEDIA is a DePaul University catalog course in See DePaul catalog. This course considers the cultural ramifications of new media in shaping life experiences and meaning. As interactive digital media technologies expand opportunities for social networking, text and instant messaging, file sharing, collaborative authoring, microblogging, podcasting and mobile communication, this course asks how these new technologies impact identity formation, creative participation and concepts of public culture.

Summary 🟢 ✓

  • Resource type: course
  • College / school: MPOP
  • College/School: See DePaul catalog
  • Curriculum section: Other
  • Catalog: MPOP 372
  • Last Verified: 2026-07-01

Course access

  • Access: 🟢 Green — Open or routine access
  • Rationale: No formal prerequisites listed in catalog description; open to any student meeting university registration rules.
  • Prerequisites: None listed in catalog description

Verification

Catalog description

This course considers the cultural ramifications of new media in shaping life experiences and meaning. As interactive digital media technologies expand opportunities for social networking, text and instant messaging, file sharing, collaborative authoring, microblogging, podcasting and mobile communication, this course asks how these new technologies impact identity formation, creative participation and concepts of public culture. This course will focus on some of the major themes that have engaged new media scholarship and thinking: convergence and participatory culture, identity and humanity, technology and literacy. The course will include hands-on approaches to media criticism and culture.

Resource relevance

Relevant applied coursework per catalog description review (labs, studios, instrumentation, media production, or similar).

Notes

Catalog course key: MPOP 372.

Catalog context

  • Recent schedule: Not offered in the queried registrar terms