Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/New Media and Development (Anne Nelson)/Course description

Course description
This interdisciplinary, graduate school course at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs introduces students to concepts of communications and policy with an emphasis on their application to new media in developing countries. The course explores influential new practices and technologies, such as social networking (Web 2.0), cell phones, satellite television, and blogging, to assess when they advance broader social and economic goals, and when they impede them. Class research teams will combine traditional reporting with web and field research to advance our collective understanding of this rapidly changing field.

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