Communication, Technology and Culture 2019 - COMS3403

Examines the relationship between communication technology and society, including factors that contribute to changes in the collection, storage and distribution of information and their cultural implications.

Course presentations include:
Week 1 - Introduction – are technologies political?
Week 2 - What is Technology and How to Study it?
Week 3 - History & Philosophy of Technology
Week 4 - Communication Infrastructure
Week 5 - Smart Cities and Autonomous Cars
Week 6 - Online Dating, Sex Robots and Porn
Week 7 - Platforms
Week 8 - Digital Labour and the Digital Divide
Week 9 - The Sharing Economy
Week 10 - Resistance, Hacking, Technological Citizenship
Week 11 - Surveillance and Policing
Week 12 - Ethics and the Environment
Week 13 - Exam Review