COMM 336: Interpersonal Communication and Technology

Course Description

This course explores the intersection between interpersonal and computer-mediated communication theories. The central focus of the course is to examine ways in which new technologies change, enhance, and inhibit interpersonal communication. Students will critique, compare, and create communication theory. Special topics include phubbing, presence, cognitive attention, immediacy, and media multiplexity. Prerequisite: COMM 213Q1 or 214 or instructor consent.