| Kursusnavn (dansk): | Digital kultur og samfund |
| Kursusnavn (engelsk): | Digital Culture and Society |
| Semester: | Forår 2010 |
| Udbydes under: | cand.it., digital design og kommunikation (ddk) |
| Omfang i ECTS: | 15,00 |
| Kursussprog: | Engelsk |
| Kursushjemmeside: | https://learnit.itu.dk |
| Min. antal deltagere: | 12 |
| Forventet antal deltagere: | 60 |
| Maks. antal deltagere: | 60 |
| Formelle forudsætninger: | This course is the final one in the DDK specialization "Social and Cultural IT", it is therefore expected that the students can use the methods learned in the first course of the specialization about Situational Methods. If you are joining the course as a guest or taking it as an elective, you will need similar skills in qualitative methodology use. |
| Læringsmål: | After the course the student should be be able to:
1. Discuss the notion of culture as it is applied to respectively ethnography, cultural studies and science and technology studies (STS) as well as the implications of different approaches to culture when studying digital communication.
2. Relate how the new media culture understands technology to a broader historical context.
3. Discuss different methodological perspectives in the study of digital culture and society and apply them in practice.
4. Apply the key concepts taken from sociology and other cultural theory in relation to different empirical issues and cases.
5. Individually identify a current and original area of research related to the course’s theme and carry out a case based study with the theories and methods presented in the course as a point of departure.
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| Fagligt indhold: | The student should have an interest in
1) developing and understanding the social and cultural implications of IT and
2) developing analytical and methodological skills in relation to the study of different cases in the area of digital culture.
Relevant themes for the cultural and sociological aspects of digital media, for example:
Definition of digital culture
Cyber culture: myths and dreams
Mobile society vs. net society
The digital everyday life
Dynamic identities
Online communities, social cohesion and social life
Information, news and
Political engagement and protest
New forms of public life – Citizenship and negotiation
Gender and the body
Technology and knowledge
Theory will be drawn from the course compendium and the text books.
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| Læringsaktiviteter: | 14 ugers undervisning bestående af forelæsninger og øvelser The course will be taught as a seminar where the teacher will steer the discussion, but the students are expected to contribute actively by presenting themes and participate in the debate each week. There are no lectures or PowerPoint presentations.
It is expected that students participate actively in the different elements of the seminar. (Preparation, discussion and exercises).
In addition, it is expected that each student contribute to the common course twitter feed each week.
We will meet once each week and discuss the texts. It is expected that instead of personal notes each student will contribute each week to the collective twitter feed associated with the class.
In the first 8 weeks there is the discussion of the common readings where the participants will also have a chance to focus on themes that are of special interest. In this period there will also be brainstorming and planning of the projects. In the 7 last weeks of the class there will be project work with faculty advising along with other actvities that will help the student come further in their work.
The class takes up 15 ECTS and thus covers half of the time for a full time student. Consequently you can expect to use approximately 18 hours a week on the class (four hours in the actual seminar and the rest in preparation, reading and in project work). There are lectures once a week.
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Information about study structure
This course is part of the DDK specialization Social and Cultural IT. Find them described here:
DDK specializations
See the schedule here:
link to the time table
The schedule will be available shortly before the beginning of the term.
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| Eksamensform og -beskrivelse: | X. experimental examination form (7-scale; external exam), 7-trins-skala, Ekstern censur Student contribution to a course 'live blog' is mandatory. 10 posts are required in order to be eligible for the final exam.
The 'live blog' system is yet to be defined - it could be Twitter or likewise.
Your exam project should ideally explore a digital culture and society topic in-depth, based on this course´s literature and class work and the methods you learnt at the "Situational Analysis" course. The scope, focus and method of the project will be discussed with the teacher, who will supervise the different groups in the last part of the course.
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| Litteratur udover forskningsartikler: | To be further developed
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