Communication 390STA - DIY Media and Social Change

Do-it-yourself media has radically transformed our cultural landscape. Creativity, passion, and determination allows anyone to be a maker. While the term originates in the 1970s UK punk and US hip hop movements, and has been incorporated into mainstream commercial culture, its independent, grassroots spirit has been a critical element in contemporary movements for social change. Over the last decade, online media has allowed the explosion of creative-maker content and the mobilization of political opinion in ways that challenge previous paradigms of public communication and social change.

Open to Senior and Junior Communication majors only. Junior and Senior Communication majors only.