COMM 1255 — Communication in a Digital Age
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath ICNUpath SIusually offered: fall, springtypical days: T/FBostonTraditional
Covers digital communication’s history, technical basis (“protocol” and the “Web” ), communicative effects, commercial applications, culture, and societal interactions. Digital communication is central to contemporary life and is (consequently) often taken for granted, which this course seeks to remedy. Applies practical skills relative to theories about collaboration and cultural production and engagement with and analyses of online cultures. Offers students an opportunity to become effective online communicators—using practical exercises such as email filtering, online collaboration, and writing in a Web markup format—and to make use of critical thinking to understand and engage with issues such as online privacy, gender and racial bias, and marketplace credibility and fraud.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 21 | 30 | 70% | 9.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 26 | 30 | 87% | 4.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 27 | 30 | 90% | 3.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 19 | 30 | 63% | 11.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 19 | 30 | 63% | 11.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 100% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 100%
Common patterns: TF (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Joseph Reagle (100% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Joseph Reagle (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
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Courses that list COMM 1255 in their prerequisites.
Links
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