Media and film studies
Digital Technology, Media and Society
Module code: P3062
Level 4
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Lecture, Seminar
Assessment modes: Essay, Report
Digital media saturates everyday life, re-organises cultural productions of all kinds and re-mediates the teaching and learning environments which you’ll inhabit at Sussex.
On this module, you’ll examine this digital environment from practical and theoretical perspectives. You’ll begin to understand and use digital tools to critically evaluate your existing practices.
You’ll examine developments in new media, focusing on different uses of digital media. This will enable you to make distinctions between different kinds of material, genres and platforms. You’ll learn to use digital media confidently to enhance your studies and to understand the digital environment as a complex of media and cultural forms.
Topics include:
- the histories and economies of the internet
- searching for resources
- citation
- catalogues
- archiving
- power and platforms
- social media
- privacy
- copyright
- surveillance
- digital media as a research area.
You’ll draw upon a range of digital research platforms to provide a solid foundation for independent research.
Module learning outcomes
- Understand underlying concepts involved in critically analysing and using digital media systems of all kinds.
- Make sound judgements about how to treat digital resources and digital tools.
- Understand principal theories and concepts of digital media and of innovation processes in media systems.
- Think critically and evaluate social, cultural and political consequences of networked media technologies.