ACOM 208 - Digital Culture: Technologies of Identity

Communication technologies influence how we define ourselves and the world in which we live. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, blogs, texts, iPhones, iPads, and PCs are all personal technologies that permeate an individual’s daily life. How do these technologies contribute to the ways in which we experience a sense of self and others? How do they challenge our sense of time and place, our experience of citizenship, our choice of friends, our desires and frustrations? Does a digital culture promote a “virtual” life? The purpose of this course is to promote a critical analysis of the role communication technology has in self-representation and social formation. By examining the interaction between technological shifts and social shifts, we will be better able to participate in and critique the digital culture through which we create meaning.
3 credits
Prerequisites: ACOM 102, ACOM 111