Transcript Introduction - DCU Moodle 2013

Module Overview
2hr Sessions – not 2hrs long!
Week 1 – 4 : theories and ideas of the
information society, electronic society,
knowledge society, CMC
Week 5 presentations begin
Week 7 Reading week continued
Week 8-12 finish presentations prep for second
assignment
Key Course Topics
Theoretical Perspectives on Technology and Society
Cultural Studies Approach
Social Shaping of Technology (SST)
Technological Determinism
Anthropological Approach
Themes
Anonymity and Identity
Virtual Social Communities
ICTs for Sociability, maintaining and developing
relationships
Surveillance, Privacy & Free Speech
eGov Inclusion and eParticipation
Info Explosion
Digital Divide
Some Key Questions
What does CMC present as a new global medium?
What are the various types of computer mediated
communication?
Are there cultural differences in the use of computer
medicated communication?
Do we really know who we are communicating with in
cyberspace?
How do we present ourselves online?
Social Groups Key Questions
who is allowed to establish a subculture / subgroup?
how it’s moderated (if at all)?
what is permitted (in speech, pictures)?
How are intimate relationships effected, partners,
families…
how are communities effected
What are the implications on behaviour if it is perceived
as public or private?
Assessment
1: Presentations Groups of 3 (30%)
2: end of Term Essay - may be linked to presentations
and your primary data (70%)
Assessment
Presentation topics?
Social Media and social group – combining online and offline life e.g.
- 2nd and 3rd level students
- Immigrant groups
Surveillance Society
Impact of new Technologies on local communities- interview and survey
Impact of new technologies on communities of interest – illness, sports,
political active groups
Mobile lives - observation
Managing ‘polymedia’ or media multiplexity