Computer-Mediated Communication (cmc)

Hi everyone! 

• Right now, there are no finalized materials on this website. Over the summer of 2025, I'll be (gradually) updating this website to give you a better idea of what we'll be doing in this course. At the time of this writing (Saturday, July 12th) this website is mostly just empty templates and placeholders, which I will (eventually) replace.

• 25 08 13 update Here is the one-page course summary from the OT session.

• 25 08 31 update As noted in my email, I have a few versions of the course designed, but I'm waiting to talk to you in week one (and for you to complete the week 1 survey) before I finalize the syllabus for the class. There are a number of ways to approach a computer-mediated communication course; I want to talk to you first.

  • Here is the week 01 survey (which will be discussed in our first class) - it is due before 10 pm on September 7th. But PLEASE finish it after our first Thursday class!

Here are some useful resources for our course.

• Policies: Class policies for attendance, plagiarism, using AI, participation and other essential course information. This is required reading.

• Citations: APA citation and reference models.  The link to the left is one guide. You can search for others. Here is an APA guide from Purdue that I used frequently as a student.

  • The formatting differences indicate the type of source it comes from - become familiar with the different types of sources!

  • In our course, for example, you will frequently reference "chapters in and edited book/ebook" (our main textbook) and "journal articles"

  • If you don't already have one, get acquainted with a citation manager as soon as possible. I use Zotero personally, but there are several options with different features.

• Sources: Sookmyung Library for finding published journal articles. Learn it, love it, visit often. Also, here is a very brief list of some journals/sources reference in this course.