Have you ever seen a film, advertisement or just a short video on TikTok and wondered why this kind of media is so interesting? I have been thinking about this and it was the reason why I enrolled in the New Media Psychology class for my Master's degree at Sogang University.

This was just my very first impression about the class as soon as I read the syllabus, but when I actually dive into this aspects, it was like the tip of the iceberg because the course is much more than that.

Brief review about the course

Course name: New Media Psychology (뉴미디어심리학)

Univeristy: Sogang University

Professor name: Na Eun Young (나은영)

Language: Korean

Textbook: All the class materials are sent from the beginning of the semester. Beside offline class, you have to attend an additional online course on K-MOOC. There will be PDF file for each week.

Assignment type: You have to choose among materials to present at least 1 time during semester.

Exam type:

- Midterm exam: Complete the essay on K-MOOC

- Final exam: Final papper submission and Certification from K-MOOC online class.

Detail information

In this course, because it is about new media psychology, we will both explore new forms of media and study them from the perspective of human psychology.

The K-MOOC online course will provide background knowlegde for the topic, and the materials for offline course is the academic discussion so that we can have more comprehensive point of view about the topic. For example, the topic “Movies and drama”, K-MOOC class will explain about the emotion system of people, how people feel good or bad. After listening to the online course, the offline course will be the discussion section where students present about the materials and talk about their point of view and QnA.