Description: Lecture, three hours; screenings, three hours. Examination of today's documentary modes of representation and genres focusing on rise and diversification of nonfiction modes since new millennium. From short form to series based, virtual reality to interactive, crowd sourced to animated, study of new documentary forms and platforms as situated within complex media environment. Exploration of theoretical models through which documentaries can be understood, questioned, and critically approached. P/NP or letter grading.

Units: 4.0