COMM 555: New Media Narratives

The readings in Module 1 of the syllabus for the New Media Narratives course explore the concept of new media and its relationship to storytelling, technology, and culture. In "From Hypertext to Hype and Back Again: Exploring the Roots of Social Media in the Early Web," Stevenson examines the history of social media and its origins in the early web, highlighting the key innovations and technologies that paved the way for today's social media platforms. In "What is New Media," Manovich discusses the concept of new media and its relationship to traditional media forms, such as print, radio, and television. He argues that new media technologies, such as the internet and digital media, have fundamentally changed the way that we create and consume media, and have expanded the possibilities for storytelling and communication. In "Story Machines: How Computers Have Become Creative Writers," Sharples and Pérez y Pérez engage with the fascinating topic of compu...