Course - Digital Cultures - KULT1101
KULT1101 - Digital Cultures
About
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: Home examination
Grade: Letters
| Evaluation form | Weighting | Duration | Examination aids | Grade deviation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home examination | 100/100 | ALLE |
Course content
This course is about internet culture. Through case studies of selected technologies, the course explores new practices, communities and cultures on the Internet. Examples of such cases are memes, influencers, fan culture & fan fiction, hashtag activism and anonymity (the cases will vary from semester to semester, the above themes are illustrative only).
In addition, the topic thematizes different visions about the Internet; from the idea of ​​the internet as a democratizing force to the framing of the internet as a waste of time, to highlight how technologies are shaped by narratives and interpretations of them.
The purpose is to develop tools to understand our mediated contemporary world, and to critically evaluate the role digital technology plays in the development of new expressions, affiliations, identities and relationships. The course has a particular interest in internet phenomena that are rejected as trivial or meaningless, such as funny cat pictures, to understand what functions they have in our everyday lives and society in general. In addition, the phenomena are studied from a user perspective and are concerned with how users have developed new and unexpected forms of interaction and creativity.
The course has a sociotechnical approach to digital cultures and combines perspectives from Technology and Science Studies (STS) with Internet studies to thematise thematically the mutual shaping relationship between technology and society.
Learning outcome
Students who complete this course have knowledge of:
-Historical and contemporary digitization processes and their implications for organization and knowledge development
-Different stories and visions related to the internet
-Selected controversies and criticisms directed at Internet phenomena such as memes, influencers, fan culture & fan fiction, hashtag activism and anonymity.
Students who complete this course have skills in:
-to analyze historical and contemporary digitization processes
-contemporary digital cultures in a sociotechnical perspective-critically evaluate the role of technological and societal changes related to digital technology in new Internet practices
-do an independent analysis of digital cultures and formulate findings in disseminating text in academic genres
Learning methods and activities
The teaching emphasizes student active learning with individual and group work on assignments. Emphasis is placed on the use of new media in both teaching and evaluation. The assessment form is a home exam, which requires 1 passing written exercise. Both in practice and at home exam, the student will do a smaller data collection in the form of an interview or observation.
Compulsory assignments
- Exercise
Specific conditions
Exam registration requires that class registration is approved in the same semester. Compulsory activities from previous semester may be approved by the department.
Recommended previous knowledge
None
Required previous knowledge
None
Course materials
Will be given at the start of the course.
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| HFO1003 | 4.0 | 01.09.2019 |
No
Version: 1
Credits:
7.5 SP
Study level: Foundation courses, level I
Term no.: 1
Teaching semester: AUTUMN 2020
No.of lecture hours: 2
No.of specialization hours: 2
Language of instruction: Norwegian
Location: Trondheim
- Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture
- Science and Technology Studies
- Social Studies
- Social Science
Department with academic responsibility
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture
Phone:
Examination
Examination arrangement: Home examination
- Term Status code Evaluation form Weighting Examination aids Date Time Digital exam Room *
- Autumn ORD Home examination 100/100 ALLE INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates - Spring ORD Home examination 100/100 ALLE INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"