Spring 2024
MEDIAST 190 001 - LEC 001
Formerly Mass Communications 190
Special Topics in Media Studies
Digital Storytelling: Crisis, Catastrophe and Speculative Futures
Emma Fraser
Jan 16, 2024 - May 03, 2024
Tu, Th
09:00 am - 10:59 am
Social Sciences Building 118
Class #:14301
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: 10
Open Reserved Seats:
2 reserved for Students with Enrollment Permission
1 reserved for Media Studies Majors
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
WED, MAY 8TH
11:30 am - 02:30 pm
Social Sciences Building 118
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
For Media Studies majors, this course satisfies:
-- Old Curriculum (declared Summer 2021 or earlier): Group B elective requirement.
-- New Curriculum (declaring Fall 2021 or later): DS.3 - Digital Projects and Digital Storytelling requirement for the Digital Studies concentration.
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-- Old Curriculum (declared Summer 2021 or earlier): Group B elective requirement.
-- New Curriculum (declaring Fall 2021 or later): DS.3 - Digital Projects and Digital Storytelling requirement for the Digital Studies concentration.
.. show more
For Media Studies majors, this course satisfies:
-- Old Curriculum (declared Summer 2021 or earlier): Group B elective requirement.
-- New Curriculum (declaring Fall 2021 or later): DS.3 - Digital Projects and Digital Storytelling requirement for the Digital Studies concentration.
Reserved seats will be released during Phase 2 of enrollment. Enrollment Permission seats are saved for emergencies and will be released at the start of 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/ show less
-- Old Curriculum (declared Summer 2021 or earlier): Group B elective requirement.
-- New Curriculum (declaring Fall 2021 or later): DS.3 - Digital Projects and Digital Storytelling requirement for the Digital Studies concentration.
Reserved seats will be released during Phase 2 of enrollment. Enrollment Permission seats are saved for emergencies and will be released at the start of 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/ show less
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
2 reserved for Students with Enrollment Permission
1 reserved for Media Studies Majors
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