EMAC3350 - Reading in a Networked Era

EMAC 3350 Reading in a Networked Era (3 semester credit hours) This course examines literature's transformation in the era of electronic networks. Topics may include the history of writing and technology; the influence of new reading practices; distribution channels, and changes to the publication industry on literature; emerging literary and popular genres, participatory publics, remix cultures, and virality; literature's position within a media ecology of video games, movies, and television. (3-0) R