What is 'Language'?

If language is a technology - a system of aural and/or visual symbols with specific meanings used to communicate ideas...

Is this 'language'?

Ordering the Class Reading

Dear students,

Your custom course materials for DTC 375 published by University Readers are now available online at https://students.universityreaders.com/store/. I have carefully selected the readings included in this course pack to provide you with a more relevant, custom learning experience. Please purchase this course pack to stay on top of your readings. Doing so will help you be successful in this class.

The course pack price is $95.83, and includes materials that we will use in class daily, so you should purchase your own copy. Also, please keep in mind that our institution adheres to copyright law, so any copyrighted material should not be copied or duplicated in any manner.

To purchase the textbook, please follow the instructions below:

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Prof M

Media and the Message

How does the media we use influence the message sent and received?

How has the Digital revolution changed communication?

These themes will be explored in this course, and are provocatively illustrated in this short YouTube video by Michael Wesh, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University.

Class Survey

My teaching philosophy is one of co-learning. I will share my knowledge with you, and I look forward to discovering new knowledge from each of you in return.

In order to better understand the digital technology skills you bring to this class, and your motivation for taking this course, I've created a short, 8-question survey that I'd like each of you to complete during our first class.

This survey is anonymous and should take less than ten minutes to complete. I will share the aggregated responses with the class during our second meeting.

Click here to take survey

Prof M

Welcome to DTC 375!

Welcome to WSU-V DTC 375: Language, Texts and Technology.

This class explores the development of language, texts and technology through examinations of the work of leading theorists and via practical, creative exercises.

Students will discover the malleable nature of texts and explore the relationship between communication and technology.

The class will experiment with language, words, images, audio and video to reach an understanding of how oral, print and electronic forms can function effectively and artistically in a post-modern world.

Prof M.