COMM 4605 — Youth and Communication Technology

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath DDNUpath SINUpath WIusually offered: springtypical days: M/WBostonTraditional

Examines how meanings of “youth” and “communication technology” shift in relation to one another and to broader changes in society, culture, politics, and the economy over time. Analyzes how communication technologies (and the content they deliver) positively and negatively affect the social, emotional, and cognitive development of young people and how these changes are influenced by the particular family, school, community, and institutional contexts in which children grow up. Examines how young people differ individually across the life span as well as collectively by class, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality, and disability. Requires a final paper at the end of the term in which students articulate and defend positions about youth and communication technology.

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Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Fall 20242313297%0.5
Spring 202511616100%0.0
Spring 202611919100%0.0

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 53% · T 23% · W 77% · Th 24% · F 0%

Common patterns: MW (29% of sections), W (24% of sections), MWR (24% of sections), T (23% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

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Spring

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

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