Spring 2025

MEDIAST 132 001 - SEM 001

Researching Digital Media: Methods and Methodologies

Emma Fraser

Jan 21, 2025 - May 09, 2025

02:00 pm - 04:59 pm

Hearst Mining 310

Class #:25174

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 0

Enrolled: 48

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 48

Waitlist Max: 14

Open Reserved Seats:

3 reserved for Students with Enrollment Permission

Hours & Workload

9 hours of outside work hours per week, and 3 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week.

This course introduces students to approaches in the study of digital media, giving practical grounding in digital methodologies and tools for social, cultural and media analysis. Students learn how to develop a conceptual framework; integrate the framework and the method; and identify digitally-centred topics, objects, or subjects for study. Through group collaboration and shared knowledge activities, students consider how knowledge is created within research practice, and in relation to the interdisciplinary study of technology, social media, and digital worlds. Students will use methods in context; engage in weekly activities like methods games, active peer review, and media analysis; and select specific methods they want to learn about.

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 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/ show less