This is the summary of the first day of the CAMS 2391: Memetic Communication course at Ohio Northern University. The focus for this day was to set up the ground rules for the semester in terms of class structure and the role of the student. This summary reflects the material taught January 14, 2019.
Convergent publishing is one of the harder courses to prepare for going into a given semester. I want to provide a platform for students to create content that reflects their interest and allows those students to apply what they have learned in the first two years of the Multimedia Journalism program towards a representation of …
One of the central projects that have defined my time at Ohio Northern University has been to develop a new study aboard program between Communication and Media Studies and the University of Salford in Manchester, England. This partnership led to a one-off workshop between our two institutions and Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA. The …
One of the more consistent requests for a class from my students was a course on memes and their impact on culture and society. Most of the students would share gifs and memes via our Slack channels. There are times that I am a little lost in the visual language, but I quickly catch-up via …
One of the key areas that I wanted to focus on this academic year was to create classes that would be beneficial to the local community. According to the Associate Dean and other colleagues of mine, a key skill set that could help the local community was knowing how to create e-Portfolios.
Another class that I’ll be teaching this spring is “Introduction to Visual Communication,” which will be offered 1 to 3 PM, Monday and Wednesday at Ohio University Lancaster. The base description of the class is “A survey of visual communication theory and technology of visual communication from ancient cave drawings to digital computer images. Visual …
This is a survey course designed to introduce you to the broad range of theoretical, formal, and historiographic issues specific to cinema & new media. We will pay careful attention to how the film medium differs from other media as a condition of its stylistic and formal properties, its institutional production, and its historical reception. …
One of the more enjoyable parts of teaching at Ohio University – Lancaster is the campus’ connection with the Lancaster Festival. The field behind Herrold Hall becomes a rock amphitheater for two weeks during the summer. The Electronic Media department has worked with the Festival committee to document all of the artistic elements that make …