Communication, Culture, Information & Technology
Communication, Culture Information & Technology (CCIT) is an undergraduate interdisciplinary major program, the curriculum for which provides students with a foundation in the analysis, evaluation and interpretation of communication and digital media using appropriate methodologies. CCIT provides students the opportunity to design a range of communication media and digital artifacts suitable for collaboration, communication, learning, and exploration.
Honours Bachelor of Arts
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UTM PhD candidate Benett Axtell, under the direction of professor Cosmin Munteanu, has released a new paper called Tea, Earl Grey, Hot: Designing Speech Interactions from the Imagined Ideal of Star Trek. It looks at the influence of the television show on Voice User Interface (VUI) and compares it to real-world digital voice assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa.
When Reem El-Ajou (HBA, ‘20) graduated in the middle of a pandemic, she didn’t expect to see her alma mater again so soon. The U of T Mississauga grad is back on campus, where she is playing an important role supporting the largest mass public vaccination initiative in Canadian history.
Distance may make the heart grow fonder, but it can also leave us feeling isolated and alone. Research from U of T Mississauga explores how technology can help connect us when we can’t be together in person.
Sample Courses
This course provides a survey of contemporary theories, technologies and critical challenges in a variety of media of creative expression.
The course will explore how the web has influenced culture and how websites are designed and managed. Topics will include the presentation of text, graphics, audio and video on the web.
This course introduces students to critical approaches to social media drawing from theories and fields including software studies, platform studies, critical theory and political economy.
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