COM 250 - Communication and Technology

Inclusive emojis, Dead media zine, and speculative prototypes for equitable futures

April 25th, from 2 pm to 5 pm at the Teaching and Visualization Lab at Hunt Library

This semester, students developed proposals for inclusive emojis for the Unicode Consortium (developed while we discussed technologies of writing), the dead media zine (developed during our discussion of print and publishing cultures), and media technologies of the future.

This year's showcase features works by:

Tobi Adeniji, Dalia Akkila, Yazmin Alcaraz, Jada Allen, Anna Kate Armstrong, Grace Arz, Mary-Kate Ayers, Mason Baker, Katie Barrows, Richie Basile, Oliver Boldt, Kaylee Boyer, Aidan Bradley, Georgia Brumfield, Cayden Bryner, Luke Bullock, Anthony Carter, Matthew Cash, Madison Chalmers, Sophie Chmiel, James Clayton, Isaiah Crowell, Alexandra Cunningham, Aselya Dotson, Jenna Doubleday, Casey Embler, Bishop Fitzgerald, Claudia Gabello, Allison Gilbert, Carsyn Gilmore, Regan Glass, Wesley Grimes, Trent Hancock, Reem Hasan, Aiden Hayes, Molly Hungate, Grayson Johnson, Molly Jones, Henry Jordan, Margaux Kessler, Olivia Leeson, Joseph Martin, Julia Martin, Grace McBryde, Quintin McCarty, Samantha McCune, Tristan McNish, Charles Millard, Gabby Morris, Allison Moxley. Ryan Nelson, Allie Norton, Chris Ottaviano, Cooper Owen, Tae Park, Mackenzie Pearson, Victoria Pepper, Isabella Perkins, Gabi Pirozzi, Sam Press, Brianna Rode, Tamer Sader, Eyman Sakr, Riley Shaak, Will Thompson, Haylee Thompson, Elizabeth Truong, Nick Tucci, Courtney Tyndall, Bridget Walker, Kayla Walsh, Emma Watts, Johnny Wehner, Cole Weinhardt, Abby Weinstock, Morgan Weintraub, Sara Williams, Zachary Wilson, Curt Wrenn.

About COM250, Communication and Technology:

This course explores the relationship between communication and technology by focusing on key media technologies: writing-based media, screen-based media, computational media, and networks. We start by working on theoretical foundations. We revise the concept of media in ways that account for the historical and material aspects of technologies. This move allows us to understand communication and technology beyond the mere transmission of information, but as situated in broader mediated environments and their specific social, political, and economic conditions. From then on, we examine specific media technologies such as print, broadcasting, and the internet to discuss how these media formats shape our social interactions, our environments, and our understanding of the world.