COMM 597: Effective Social Media Communication: Module 4: Visual Communication (Pinterest)

Sunday, 8 November 2015

Module 4: Visual Communication (Pinterest)

Weeks 10–13

Module 4:
Visual Communication (Pinterest)

Nov 06: Social Media Pinterest Board activity due by 11:55pm

Using the Module 4 readings as context and theory, curate a Pinterest board. Your board must be related to ONE of our course Modules (Twitter, Facebook, Visual Platforms). You must include 3-5 pins. Each pin must include a description that draws from the Module readings. Remember, you are curating specific and pertinent information artefacts. Cite any references using APA style. Embed your completed board in a blog post on the course blog (this is practise for embedding your Pinterest on your Professional Facebook Page). Tweet a link to your Pinterest blog post. Use the class hashtag #COMM597 and always tweet to your instructors. .

Nov 16: Final Assignment Presentations webinar from 6:00–8:30pm.

Partnered peer-review activity to follow, on eClass.

Dec 04: Final Assignment due by 11:55pm.

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This is the course blog for the inaugural running of COMM597: Effective Social Media Communication for the Master's of Communication Technology at the University of Alberta. Strategy, skills and a high level of critical literacy are needed for effective social media communication. Too often social media is exaggerated, appearing only at one side of a spectrum: either as something that instills trepidation or something that generates awe. This course is intended to find that middle ground. An aspect of this course will employ theories of new media, media anthropology, communications and literacy to critically analyse and understand these current platforms. Additionally, through hands-on practise, participants will learn how to create content for various popular social media platforms, and to engage their communities and listeners in conversation. A special focus of this course will be the different writing needs of several major social media platforms, and the development of strategic and skillful writing for these platforms; i.e. developing best practises.