Hi everyone! Anyone out there doing a dual degree? Well, here’s some information about a special course you can take during winter break!
Religion and the Media
RLGS 3693 - 4 Credits
Course Dates: December 13 - 24
On Campus Dates: December 13 - 17*, Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm
Online Coursework: December 13 - 22
Instructor: Diana Carvalho
* This course requires research and select assignments to be completed online from December 13 - 22.
Description: This course explores the changing nature of religion and its connections to all forms of media with a focus on social media. Students will examine how religion (and religious identity) is changed by current social media trends and vice versa. Particular emphasis will be placed on the ways social media impacts interfaith dialogue, with beneficial and detrimental results.
Students will be asked to define and identify what it means to be "religious" in the context of social media (facebook, blogs, twitter, etc.). Religious institutions and various "physical" places of worship are compared with on-line religious communities (in "second-life" communities, for example).
Students are expected to visit one online religious community and engage in dialogue with that community, as well as visit a "physical" religious community and conduct interviews. Students will then post journals of their findings, discuss them on Blackboard and present to the class. A final paper and/or project will be submitted.
Contact: Diana Carvalho at dcarvalh@du.edu
