OLLI1048 - Understanding Media in the Digital Age [Online via Zoom]

Course Description

Understanding Media In The Digital Age

Instructor: Dick Sheeran
Dates: Wednesdays, Sep 27-Nov 1
Time: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM
Location: Online via Zoom
 

The media has always been a vital part of our society, even more so today. In this course we examine the new ways we consume information and how it is gathered and disseminated. Print, digital, social, film, and AI are all discussed.
Pre-requisite: Some knowledge of current events.
Maximum online registrants: 50

Instructor’s Bio:

Dick Sheeran, BA journalism, spent 30 years as anchor/reporter for the CBS-TV Philadelphia and five years as reporter/editor at KYW News Radio Philadelphia. Dick started his news career at the Philadelphia Daily News as a reporter/editor. He taught journalism at Temple University for several years after retiring from TV news. He was also a local board member of the SAG-AFTRA union. He is a member of the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame and author of a memoir titled News Hound.