53 courses with the subject DMJ, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
From Film, Television, and Radio to Podcasting, Social Media and AI, media technology is a part of daily life. This class introduces the development of media, while considering media effects, media impacts, media criticism, regulation, and what it means to be a media consumer and participant in the 21st century.
Theory and Practice of Directing and Performing using audio and video/film technology including narration for podcasting and documentary, and on-camera performance.
Various introductory approaches to studying the media from critical and theorectical perspectives. We will study different ways of seeing, reading, speaking, writing and viewing content distributed via film, television, and the web.
Students will learn to explain the philosophical and historical foundations of the First Amendment, identify the genres of American Journalism and the different purposes, contrast the American media system with others from around the globe, and critique the current state of the journalism profession and its part in the American cultural fabric.
An immersion in media theory and criticism that aims to give each students a new, critical view of their information worlds. Key theories and techniques of media criticism to be explored include social scientific approaches, theories of news, semiotics, psychoanalysis, cultural studies, political economy, and sociological approaches.
Beginning level, overview course of media creation through videography, audio recording, and multi-media production for the web. The topics covered include media industry perspectives, entertainment journalism, and aesthetics for digital media.
Principles, practices, and theories of modern advertising communication ranging from planning and execution to research and social effects.
An introduction to the evaluation, gathering, and writing of multimedia news. Students write both "hard" or "breaking" new stories and feature or human interest stories for print and the Web. Basic techniques in writing and reporting for print and digital media are covered.
Selected topics courses are regularly scheduled courses that focus on a particular topic of interest. Descriptions are printed in the Schedule of Classes each semester. Selected topics courses may be used as elective credit and may be repeated for credit, provided that the topic of the course changes.
May be repeated for credit
Designed for the student who wants to develop the discipline and skills required for effective photojournalism. Individual photography assignments and projects will be coupled with discussions and critiques.
Explores the ramifications of the spread of digital media for cognitive development, identity formation, political and cultural processes, and the professions. Students will leave the course with a deeper understanding of the effects of technology in personal, professional, and community life.
Examines historical and contemporary representations of gender, race, class, and sexuality in mass media in order to interpret, evaluate, and contest these meanings. Students investigate how the structure and economic imperatives of the mass media industries influence representations of diversity and consider possibilities for reformation and intervention.
A course to develop the skills of newspaper reporting on government, on local, county, and state levels. Provides the opportunity to observe and report on legislative bodies and committees, school boards, police, and the court system.
Feature Writing focuses on the art of writing original non-fiction, reported articles for newspapers, magazines and digital publications.
Writing stories for television, web-streaming, and filmmaking, with an emphasis on storytelling structure and copystyles for mediated formats.
Lecture and practical application of techniques and procedures in audio production for radio and audio for video, including recording formats, audio consoles, microphones, and digital sound editing.
A critical and aesthetic reading of key documentaries, and their role of inquiry and expression. The cultural contexts of each documentary, and what the documentary can tell us about the social issues of the period, will be examined through critical theory.
Theories, historical contexts, and current practices of information and communication technologies including the Web and social media; critical understanding of the cultural impact of these media; development and distribution of digital content.
By reading the works of arts critics, experiencing arts performances, and writing reviews and features, students will develop the skills for critiquing, reporting, profiling and analyzing the arts - including music, fine art, theater, and dance.
Focuses on the political, economic, social and cultural forces that influenced the evolution and development of American television, as well as contemporary trends and issues.
Advanced reporting course in gathering and writing the news for multimedia. Specialized types of reporting are covered, including coverage of speeches, press conferences and meetings; police and court events; human and social services; government bureaucracies and the environment.
Focus will be on developing skills for audio storytelling, including writing, field recording, interviewing, audio production and editing, and production and distribution of a podcast.
Examines the tradition of literary journalism and contemporary practices of narrative journalism, with an emphasis on reporters and writers who set aside the stance of objective omniscience to infuse their work with subjectivity and personal experience.
Principles, functions, and elements of media industries. Emphasis on broadcast, cable, film, radio, and digital media. Analysis of traditional business models and emerging programming and distribution models; law and regulation; marketing communications; audience research.
Creative approaches and techniques of television production, emphasizing studio lighting, camera movement, directing and technical directing. Analysis, discussion, and practice in aesthetics and content quality. May be taken under special circumstances without the prerequisite, but with the permission of the instructor.
Analysis of major critical media theories including media aesthetics.
Examines the broad range of ethical dilemmas faced by journalists in gathering and writing the news. Topics include conflicts of interest, business pressures, reporter-source relationships, invasion of privacy, and objectivity. Uses case-study approach.
Theory, design, and analysis of research in mass media. Includes coverage of surveys, ratings, statistics, reporting, and computer usage.
This course explores the advancements made by women in contemporary film history. By integrating feminist approaches to the study of film, students analyze the discourses of femininity in contemporary films and look at the ways in which Hollywood films engage with critical debates about femininity. Students will examine how gender roles are portrayed in contemporary U.S. cinema and study how images, stories, and icons in popular film respond to participate in the social construction of womanhood and femininity.
Students focus on the craft and artistry of digital animation, motion graphics, digital compositing, and basic visual effects using the Adobe Creative Cloud platform, After Effects in particular. Integration with non-linear editing platforms and full post-production workflows are explored during the creation of work for the class.
Investigate the rise of noir films in Hollywood, while also looking at how these films continue to influence present films, television and VOD programs. The focus will be on the story, aesthetics, and darkness present in the genre, which continues to investigate storytelling’s dark spaces.
Essential steps for creating screenplays for film and television. Visual thinking, critical analysis, character, plot, structure, dialogue, and rewriting to create treatments and scripts.
Selected topics courses are regularly scheduled courses that focus on a particular topic of interest. Descriptions are printed in the Schedule of Classes each semester. Selected topics courses may be used as elective credit and may be repeated for credit, provided that the topic of the course changes.
Restrictions: Must have the following level: Undergraduate Must not be enrolled in the following class: Freshman
Theory, research, and practice of media advertising sales and promotion. Analysis and development of sales presentations and electronic media marketing campaigns. Special attention to marketing research, ratings, and circulation.
Survey of research, concepts and problems associated with media and popular culture consumption.
An examination of the media systems of other countries, with special emphasis on the effects geo-political and cultural forces have on the development of specific mass communication channels throughout the world.
Creative and technical approaches in field production for digital video and post-production editing. Includes discussion and practice of preproduction planning for location work, technology and use of equipment, production aesthetics, and related business/legal considerations.
The goal of the Seminar in Media Studies is to begin building a link between and individual student's coursework in the field of media studies and that student's post-graduate plans, weather in a graduate program, as a media industry professional, as a freelance of full-time creative employee, or something else entirely. Students will choose one of three semester long options for the Capstone seminar: a scholarly research paper, a professional client-based project, or a creative project.
Emphasis on documentary and short narrative film creation for capstone experience.
Designed to introduce issues relating to the free speech guarantees of the First Amendment to the Constitution. It focuses on interpretations of the First Amendment, functions of free speech in a democracy, and Supreme Court decisions relating to regulation of print and electronic media.
Multimedia Editing & Publishing will train you in editing and e-publishing. Skills include macro editing, micro editing, and online publishing. You will learn to edit copy errors using AP style; collaborate with editors and writers; and produce editorial content for the web, using basic design principles, new media tools, and digital storytelling techniques.
The Capstone Seminar in Multimedia Reporting will first focus on developing the freelance reporting skills necessary in a changing journalism landscape: developing ideas, pitching stories to publications, and working independently as a reporter. Students will then use these skills to develop and execute an independent, in-depth, long-form reporting project featuring a blend of print, multimedia, data visualization, and other elements, displayed on a digital platform.
Students work as reporters with the Legislative Gazette, an online newspaper published in Albany that covers the state legislature and state government. It operates in both fall and spring semesters.
Nationally known visiting journalists use their expertise and experience to teach students about the problems and issues that face reporters and the press. Professors have included foreign correspondents, literary journalists, and high-ranking editors.
Examines the roles that still photography plays in print and broadcast news and in social media; qualities intrinsic to the photograph; how the mass media makes use of these qualities to position photographs as incontrovertible evidence.
Internship in electronic media, advertising or journalism. Satisfactory/Fail.
The analytical component to internship experience. Students produce daily logs, professional article reviews, and a final project with accompanying analysis. Required corequisite for DMJ internship or Legislative Gazette.
Selected topics courses are regularly scheduled courses that focus on a particular topic of interest. Descriptions are printed in the Schedule of Classes each semester. Selected topics courses may be used as elective credit and may be repeated for credit, provided that the topic of the course changes.
Restrictions: Must have the following level: Undergraduate Must be enrolled in one of the following classes: Senior, Junior
Restrictions: Must have the following level: Undergraduate Must not be enrolled in the following class: Freshman
Attributes: Service Learning Field Study Practicum - Non-Clinical
Source: State University of New York at New Paltz's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
