The Information Technologies and Social Media Education degree program emphasizes the study of processes and management of web development, digital media, game development, animation, simulation, image capture, and multimedia production. According to IBISworld.com, digital media, web development, game development, animation, simulation, and related services combined account for more than 400 billion dollars of the United States economy. At the time of this writing, over 70,000 available jobs related to the aforementioned areas are listed on job posting websites such as talentzoo.com, monster.com, and indeed.com.