COURSES TAUGHT
COMM 5660: Computer-Mediated Communication, Department of Communication, University of Connecticut (Fall 2014)
Graduate course designed to understand not only how media affects us but also how we react, interact and shape the design and development of emerging media forms and communication technologies. While being rooted in the social scientific foundations of mass communication and media effects research, the course explores and adapts from a variety of related disciplines such as psychology, sociology, cognitive science and human-computer interaction.
COMM 4660W: Computer-Mediated Communication, Department of Communication, University of Connecticut (Fall 2012 - Spring 2014)
COMM 420: Advertising & PR Research Methods, College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University (Fall 2009)
COMM 5660: Computer-Mediated Communication, Department of Communication, University of Connecticut (Fall 2014)
Graduate course designed to understand not only how media affects us but also how we react, interact and shape the design and development of emerging media forms and communication technologies. While being rooted in the social scientific foundations of mass communication and media effects research, the course explores and adapts from a variety of related disciplines such as psychology, sociology, cognitive science and human-computer interaction.
- Course Objectives
- Systematically study new/emerging media forms by breaking them down into specific concepts, features and variables of interest. The course closely examines the effects of technology-related variables (specific functions and features), and how they interact with individual, situational and contextual variables in computer mediated environments, as well as human computer interactions.
- The course adopts a social scientific approach in critically analyzing and examining existing scholarship, emerging theories, models and frameworks.
- Apart from looking at widely studied media effects (cognition, attitude, behavior), persuasive and interpersonal outcomes, the course also explores user-centered approach and examine concepts related to user engagement, user experience and usability.
COMM 4660W: Computer-Mediated Communication, Department of Communication, University of Connecticut (Fall 2012 - Spring 2014)
- Course Objectives
- Systematically study new media forms by breaking them down into specific concepts and variables of interest
- Critically examine existing models, theories and frameworks, in order to evaluate and create newer frameworks to understand the effects of new media forms
- Understand how interactions with new media technologies
can shape our individual behavior, interpersonal relationships, group and
social dynamics, both at work and home settings and beyond
- Course Objectives
- Understand mass communication as an unique field of study, and also how it relates to broader social and economic processes
- Get an overview of key historical events and timelines pertaining to different media
- Recognize how different types of media forms and content influence individuals and in turn, shape society
- Critically evaluate media trends, norms, policies, and outcomes
- Facilitate the ability to make informed decisions on media consumption choices and behaviors
- Actively contribute to media practices that enable the growth and development of future mass communication systems
COMM 420: Advertising & PR Research Methods, College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University (Fall 2009)
- Course Objectives
- Enhance a theoretical understanding of the basics of social science research
- Create an appreciation of diverse methodological approaches to comprehensively understand communication processes
- Encourage a scientific way of thinking, and a systematic way of looking at problems and issues in the theory and practice of communications research
- Critically evaluate existing and on-going research
- Gather and analyze data with basic numerical and statistical tools