EMM 560 - Digital Storytelling

Whether commercially produced or user-generated storytelling can effectively communicate ideas and construct meaning. Students will explore traditional story structures and how they can find expression in new media and varied outlets’ from news, public relations, and advertising, to entertainment, games, and such online venues as websites, blogs and Youtube postings. Examining the Hero’s and the user’s journey in close detail students will develop an original story concept and execute it through interactive and/or time-based media.
Prerequisite(s): EMM 520, EMM 530
Credit(s): 3