COMM 4500 - [Language and Technology]

(crosslisted) INFO 4500
(SBA)

Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: COMM 2450, INFO 2450 or permission of instructor.

J. Hancock, staff.

Examines how new communication technologies affect the way we produce and understand language and modify interaction with one another. Focuses on the collaborative nature of language use and how Internet technologies affect the joint activities of speakers and listeners during the construction of meaning in conversation.