Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Spring Quarter 2013
• Summer Quarter 2013
• Autumn Quarter 2013

Jamie Wells
COM 597
Seattle Campus

Special Topics in Communication

Class description

This course is an exploration of global patterns of consumer mobile behavior, with a specific emphasis on the socio-cultural motivations and attitudes that are driving these behaviors, as well as the transformational affects mobile technology is having on all corners of the globe.

Student learning goals

Understand the cultural impact and influence “mobile devices” across the unwired web, communications, entertainment, content creation, banking and commerce on global scale

Assess and/or predict the likelihood of success for future mobile products or services, inclusive of those utilizing current mobile technologies, as well as those not yet invented

This course provides an appropriate introduction to the mobile landscape for students interested in taking "Advanced Mobile Media Development and Integration."

General method of instruction

Recommended preparation

Class assignments and grading

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Modified:May 17, 2013