Advanced Topic: Media & Digital Cultures

What it is about

In this module you will engage with current social, political and cultural questions arising from the growing importance of digital technologies. You will learn to apply theoretical and empirical approaches to concrete cases and to assess the normative, political and cultural dimensions of digital transformations.

What you will be able to do

• Knowledge of advanced concepts, debates and state of research on sociotechnical transformations
• Application of relevant theoretical and empirical approaches to case studies
• Understanding, evaluating and discussing cultural, political and normative aspects of sociotechnical controversies
• Assessment of political issues and policies in the field of digital media and cultures
• Critical reflection on different positions in the field Media & Digital Cultures
• Development of a research design on a current topic of digital transformation

What the module consists of

• SeminarDiscussion and analysis of literature, development and presentation of a research project

Teaching method

• LiteraturarbeitAcquisition of in-depth knowledge on concepts, debates and the state of research
• Klassendiskussionen und FallanalysenTraining in analysis, evaluation and discussion of cultural, political and normative dimensions as well as application of approaches to cases
• Erarbeitung eines ForschungsdesignsApplication of what has been learned to a concrete research topic
• Präsentation und DiskussionSharpening of argumentative structure and ability to defend one's results in academic exchange