Research Methods for Media Activism
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Level: Undergraduate, Graduate
Division: The New School for Public Engagement
School: School of Media Studies
Department: Media Studies
Course Number: NMDS 5015
Course Format: Lecture
Location: NYC campus, Online
Permission Required: No
Topics: - Research Methods
- Media Studies
Description:
This course will provide an overview of research methods for media activism. Students will analyze media activists' use of websites and blogs to share information or organize people into action, or to give a public face to activist groups. Documentaries that list specific ways people can take action, like "An Inconvenient Truth," will be screened. Students will learn how to conduct research to help organizations use media effectively to meet their objectives of political or social change. They will also learn which research methods to use to find out if media does help advance social justice or if people are actually moved to action by the media they consume.
Restrictions:College
Open to New School Public Engagement students.
Level
Open to Graduate students.
Major
Open to Documentary Media Studies students.
Open to Environmental Studies students.
Open to Global Studies students.
Open to International Affairs students.
Open to Liberal Arts students.
Open to Media Studies students.
Open to Media Management students.
Open to Media Management students.
