From viral Instagram images and YouTube channels, to waiting at an airport for the next flight, we barely realize the immense amount of information that surrounds us on a daily basis. How do we make

How do popular music, cinema, news, and other forms of entertainment media get made? What makes an internet meme successful? How does “fake news” get generated and disseminated around the world? What role do digital

With an emphasis on both theoretical and practical approaches, this course introduces students to analytic and creative tools for engaging with the world of visual culture. This course offers an introduction to key theoretical perspectives

An exploration of communication behavior focusing primarily on the nonverbal dimension of interpersonal communication and emphasizing its cultural implications and its deployment in mass mediated communications. Topics include the relationship of spoken language to nonverbal

The course explores, from prehistory to the present, the relationship between social change and systems of human communication. We examine the origins of symbolic representation and appraise the consequences of the adoption of symbolizing technologies

What is “TV”? Does it still exist? For billions of people worldwide, Netflix, YouTube, and other streaming video platforms have come to dominate our experience of “television”. But where do these televisual fixtures of the

This course considers the social and cultural dimensions of the mass media, with a particular focus on intersections between media, audiences, and power. The course will explore the role of culture and discourse in perpetuating relationships of

CMNS 223 is part theoretical and part practical. Advertising as Social Communication presents an exciting selection of ads through the investigative lenses of social communication, consumerism, and representational strategies. As advertising is becoming more and

How do contemporary video and audio producers conceive, record, edit, and disseminate their creative productions? From Youtube to Twitch, from TikTok to Instagram stories, and from amateur home movies, indie music, and podcasting, through to

Much of our everyday information and entertainment is industrially produced and distributed by firms operating in the cultural sector of the economy. This course examines such “cultural industries” (e.g., print, film, music, broadcasting, and the

This course provide an introduction to the study of technology and society using new media as its focus. A number of approaches (i.e., theories and methods) to the study of new media and information technology

This course provides a critical introduction to the principal research methods in communication and media studies. Students will study the purpose and theories behind various research techniques, along with their strengths and weaknesses, and learn

This criminology course provides an introductory analysis of the Canadian criminal justice system and its various elements with reference to the nature of criminal law, the philosophy of crime control, criminal justice policy, and current

This criminology course focuses on the history, development, and present day operation of the Canadian legal system. The topics that will be examined include: constitutional law, criminal, contract and tort law; human rights, administrative law,

This course will introduce students to the discipline of Criminology, the study of crime and criminalization, as well as the criminal justice system. Students will examine the core concepts, basic data sources, and general research