Korean

This course is designed specifically for students from the University of California Education Abroad Program and the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Yonsei University. In partnership with the Center for Innovation in Higher Education, the course explores Korean society and culture through digital media. This course examines the historical and cultural aspects of multimedia usage and the social impact of the digital revolution on daily life in Korea. It discusses the many facets of this diverse digital ecosphere where anyone with access to a computer or mobile device can integrate digital images, social media, recorded audio narration, video clips, and music alongside a range of delivery channels with meta-information (e.g., hashtags, rankings, and comments by users) to tell a story to a broad audience. Lectures and discussions include regular meetings with a language partner. Particular attention is given to the socio-cultural impact of new digital technologies, such as KakaoTalk, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, webtoons, RPG/MMORPG games, blogs, data visualizations, and other SNS sites and the institutions that control these technologies.