Course Description

CM 198 SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY & SOCIAL VR VR EXPLORATION   3.0 Credit(s)
Social media has dramatically altered the ways in which individuals and organizations communicate. In this course students will explore how social media has impacted culture as a whole and students will interrogate the role of social media in the construction of personal and professional identity. An exciting element to this course is that it is enhanced by VR, meaning that there will be several elements and assignments that take place in a social VR setting. In addition, students will analyze corporate and non-profit uses of social media tools and tactics and execute their own social media campaign in order to demonstrate their knowledge of the course concepts. Throughout the course students will be asked to consider the ethical dilemmas put forth by social media technologies and the people that use them. At the end of the course, students will reflect on their own campaigns and think about the future of social media as it relates to social VR.
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