Media Arts and Culture

MAAC5025Honours Seminar in Digital Culture (A)3 ch (3S) (W)

Explore theoretical approaches to the study of digital cultures and technologies within a media studies context to build better understanding and critical engagement with the digitally mediated aspects of our lives. Topics and theors covered include analog and digital media forms and phenomena; digital identites and embodied intimacies; creativity and remix cultures; popular culture representations of digital cultures; online communities and connections; and issues around digital inequalities, access and activism. NOTE: MAAC 5025 is normally open only to Honours students.

Prerequisite: 60 ch of university courses including MAAC 2021, or permission of the instructor.