Welcome

Courses for Fall 2014

Greetings Internaut!

My name is Juan Monroy, and this the course notes blog for the courses I teach. Throughout the semester, I will be posting announcements, relevant news, and other timely information that relates to our class. Please visit often and feel free to comment.

If you’re enrolled in one of my courses, or are considering enrolling, please review the courses I am teaching this Fall 2014 semester.

Course School Day and Time Course Website
Introduction to Media Industries Fordham University, Lincoln Center Mon and Thu, 2:30 – 3:45 http://juanmonroy.com/mediaindustries
Introduction to Electronic Media Fordham University, Lincoln Center Tuesdays, 2:30 – 5:15 http://juanmonroy.com/electronicmedia
Media Technologies CUNY Queens College Wednesdays, 6:30 – 9:20 http://juanmonroy.com/mediaindustries
Experimental Film Pratt Institute Thursdays, 5:30 – 8:20 http://juanmonroy.com/experimentalfilm

If you have any questions about these courses, please email me at juan@juanmonroy.com.

Not “Social Media 101”

In our introductory class on Wednesday, I mentioned that we will be critically engaging with and debating contemporary thinking about digital media, which scholars once called “new media” but changed the phrasing to make it more precise.

This class will not teach you how to do effective social media campaigns. Honestly, you can learn that from this Vice article on how to talk down to your audience. Or you can go straight to the source of this criticism.

Instead of teaching you how to “do digital media,” I hope to teach you this semester how to think about digital media.