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Courses - Spring 2026
COMM
Communication Department Site
COMM449H
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Special Topics in Digital Communication; Digital Placemaking
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Restrictions: This course is restricted to Departmental Honors students.

This course explores how place and identity is communicated through digital and social media. Using a combination of theory and novel technologies we will examine a range of materials -- including social media posts, popular culture, archives and our own media practices to understand how place (and belonging to that place) is constructed on global and local scales.