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This course ex­plores re­search and doc­u­men­ta­tion for all media for­mats in­clud­ing text, im­ages, sound, and mul­ti­me­dia. Stu­dents will ex­am­ine the full life­cy­cle of in­for­ma­tion, in­clud­ing: how in­for­ma­tion is pro­duced and or­ga­nized in both tra­di­tional and emerg­ing media, lo­cat­ing in­for­ma­tion sources in a va­ri­ety of media and for­mats, crit­i­cal eval­u­a­tion of sources, the ethics of in­for­ma­tion use, and doc­u­men­ta­tion and ci­ta­tion of tra­di­tional and emerg­ing media and tech­nolo­gies. Stu­dents will cre­ate and pre­sent re­search and doc­u­men­ta­tion pro­jects.

This course explores research and documentation for all media formats including text, images, sound, and multimedia. Students will examine the full lifecycle of information, including: how information is produced and organized in both traditional and emerging media, locating information sources in a variety of media and formats, critical evaluation of sources, the ethics of information use, and documentation and citation of traditional and emerging media and technologies. Students will create and present research and documentation projects.