UCL - Communicational issues in the multimedia

[COMU2661]

[30h] 5 credits

Teacher(s): Gérard Valenduc

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

At the end of this course, students will be able to analyze the issues of development of multimedia in terms of their communicational aspects and socio-economic

Main themes

To analyse issues of developments in the multimedia from the standpoint of their communicational and socio-economic aspects.

Content and teaching methods

Content
The course will present current and planned developments in multimedia communication. It will describe changes in terms of multimedia content and products, the integration of jobs, and communication enterprises. It will also seek to describe changes in the interactions that these shifts portray. Lastly, it will consider the social issues of these developments by relocating them in a framework of communicational analysis.
Methodology
Professorial expositions and analyses of cases illustrating these developments.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Pre-requirements: Communication aspects of multimedia products and applications.
Resources: A classroom with an Internet link and large-screen projection.