Examines the Biblical and cultural basis for storytelling as an effective gospel communication method. The student will analyze Old and New Testament examples, will explore differences in oral cultures, and will develop a theological basis for storytelling a contextualized missional strategy.

Evaluates conceptual issues regarding computer-mediated and mobile communication in local and global contexts. Students analyze emerging forms of new media, such as the Internet, mobile media, social media, as well as video games, and theorize about their international development.

Analyzes the complex relationship between the media and society and students evaluate how media communicate, persuade, and construct meaning across cultures. This course recognizes that people gain information about other cultures and people groups through mass media, so it seeks to enable students to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in various cultural contexts.

An evaluation of the process of writing for varied global media with an emphasis on gathering information, writing styles, editing, and organization of written communication for specific global audiences. Students analyze the role of audience and the particular medium in influencing the writing and editing of communication for various media forms. Students identify issues from their readings and develop a practical editing and writing portfolio, including basic newspaper article editing, magazine article writing, blog and digital marketing content creation.

The fundamental premise of visual culture in global society is reciprocal, in that it creates meaning through global flows and that the very foundations of global capital, global culture, and global media are based on the dynamics of visuality, and in the power systems it both affirms and challenges. In this course students use a visual perspective to analyze major historical themes: nationalism, colonialism, cultural imperialism, racial and cultural difference and similarities in society and religion. Students focus on the inter-relationship of visual culture with the development and process of globalization, which forces similarity, and students will examine the role and impact of global cultural flows.

This course evaluates and interprets how narratives can be effectively applied in a range of global contexts and across multiple media platforms to achieve specific goals. Students will formulate effective solutions of storytelling with regard to audience engagement, branding and successful marketing, and combine their new-found knowledge and skills to generate successful storytelling campaigns in either a specific global context or in a multicultural setting.