IAS 31168
Digital Media and Society · 4 credits · Fall 2026
About this course
Digital media has become part and parcel of our daily lives, as well as an active agent of social and institutional change, altering the very nature of government, education, health, the news, and labor. This course will introduce students to the history of digital technologies, including the Internet, Web 2.0 platforms and social media, and the ?smart? phone and will locate these histories within a sociological framework, asking and answering the question: What ?social? effects do these technologies bring about? The class will explore this question in relationship to a range of issues, including inequality, digital social movements and community formation, digital labor, surveillance, race and gender online, and digital social interactions
Seat status as of Oct 3, 6:50 AM ET. Seats can change between refreshes.