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May 16, 2024
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MSC-548 Community Psychology: Building Human Connection in Physical and Digital Spaces4 semester credits
The emotional gridiron of bringing people together has become an increasingly important knowledge area. Theories from organizational psychology, social capital, and emergent technology are introduced to understand how communities are built and commitment is managed in both physical and digital spaces. Here we explore the many ways symbolic environments reflect how we think about ourselves and place in society. This course explores topics of fandom and affiliation by analyzing the human experience with respect to current patterns of media consumption, behavior, and modes of expression.
Delivery Method: Online
Grading Default: Letter
Learning Outcome(s):
- Understand the origin of building a community and establishing a shared set of beliefs, attitudes, and interests
- Recognize the reciprocal relationship with messages/media texts in their social, political, local, global, and cultural contexts
- Become familiar with the emotional-based threads that contribute to a sense of community in all settings
- Interpret how our usage, relationships, and patterns of behavior influence our social relationships - in both digital and physical settings
- Understand the theory of identity utility as a set of behaviors associated with strengthening one’s level of commitment.
- Able to interpret the “us vs them” tribal mentality with respect to our increasingly connected society
- Gain the means to articulate the emotional, mental, and behavioral toll negative group experiences has on members
- Be able to critically assess and analyze digital technology and participatory media from multiple perspectives
- Develop an informed theoretical understanding of intergroup relations and the human experience in relation to contemporary media usage
- Advance critical research in the discipline of media psychology
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