Spring 2025
MEDIAST 190 001 - LEC 001
Formerly Mass Communications 190
Special Topics in Media Studies
Digital Storytelling: Crisis, Catastrophe and Speculative Futures
Emma Fraser
Jan 21, 2025 - May 09, 2025
Mo, We
09:00 am - 10:59 am
Social Sciences Building 122
Class #:19426
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
0
Enrolled: 20
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 20
Waitlist Max: 0
Open Reserved Seats:
2 reserved for Students with Enrollment Permission
Hours & Workload
2 to 4 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 6 to 8 hours of outside work hours per week.
Final Exam
MON, MAY 12TH
07:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Social Sciences Building 122
Other classes by Emma Fraser
Course Catalog Description
Normally open only to Media Studies majors who have already completed 12 units of upper division work in the major. Advanced study in Media Studies with topics to be announced each semester.
Class Description
Through themes of crisis, catastrophe and speculative futures, this course introduces students to the history and practice of digital storytelling. Using theories like cybertext, procedurality and narratology the content covers established and recent scholarship on new media, video games, non-linear texts and digitality. Students will develop projects featuring interactivity, social media, machinima, podcasting, hypertext, StoryMaps and other natively digital forms and practices. Exploring ideas around crisis, ruin, dystopia and climate catastrophe, students will experiment with digital storytelling techniques to extend their work into fiction, creative non-fiction, and speculation. Introductory training and equipment available as required.
Class Notes
- During Phase I, most seats will be saved for declared Media Studies students only. Other interested students may place themselves on the waitlist. Remaining reserved seats will be released during Phase 2 of enrollment.
- Enrollment Permission seats are saved for emergencies and will be rele.. show more
- Enrollment Permission seats are saved for emergencies and will be rele.. show more
- During Phase I, most seats will be saved for declared Media Studies students only. Other interested students may place themselves on the waitlist. Remaining reserved seats will be released during Phase 2 of enrollment.
- Enrollment Permission seats are saved for emergencies and will be released much closer to the start of class instruction.
- Freshmen are not permitted to enroll in this course.
For more information on the enrollment process for this course, please visit https://mediastudies.ugis.berkeley.edu/course-enrollment-information/
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For Media Studies majors, this course fulfills the DS.3: Digital Projects and Digital Storytelling elective. show less
- Enrollment Permission seats are saved for emergencies and will be released much closer to the start of class instruction.
- Freshmen are not permitted to enroll in this course.
For more information on the enrollment process for this course, please visit https://mediastudies.ugis.berkeley.edu/course-enrollment-information/
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For Media Studies majors, this course fulfills the DS.3: Digital Projects and Digital Storytelling elective. show less
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Reserved Seats
Reserved Seating For This Term
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
Guide to Open, Free, & Affordable Course Materials
Associated Sections
None