The digital revolution takes center stage March 13 and 14 at the latest symposium sponsored by CU Journalism and Mass Communication.
This month’s symposium features experts on the growing influence of public media as they move to digital platforms. Other speakers will look at the power of innovative design and at changes in universities as they teach students in the creative industries, including journalism.
The seminar, The Content and Context of Digital Culture, takes place at various locations around campus. Here’s a closer look at the events.
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Featured speakers:
Terry Flew, Professor of communication and media studies, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Jessica Clark, author and media strategist
Wick Rowland, president and CEO, Colorado Public Television; former dean of journalism and mass communication, University of Colorado
Michael Tracey, professor of journalism and mass communication, University of Colorado
Warren Berger, Author of Glimmer: How Design Can Transform Your Life, and Maybe Even Your World
Barbara Cochran, Professor and Curtis B. Hurley chair in public affairs reporting, University of Missouri
The symposium parallels CU’s ongoing efforts to adjoin the studies of communication, multimedia storytelling, commercial design, studies of technology, and the digital arts and humanities as a part of the campus Information, Communication, Journalism, Media and Technology (ICJMT) process.
These events are sponsored by JMC in support of the ICJMT Initiative, with additional support from CU’s Keller Center for the Study of the First Amendment, the Department of Political Science, the English department, the Film Studies Program, the Center for the Humanities and the Arts, and the CU Libraries.
All events are free and open to the public. CU faculty and students are encouraged to attend.
For more information, please contact Christina Lefevre-Gonzalez at Christina.Gonzalez@colorado.edu or at 303-735-5795.