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SY2101 - Sociology of Digital Life
Credit points: |
3 |
Year: |
2022 |
Student Contribution Band: |
Band
4 |
Administered by: |
College of Arts, Society & Education |
Our lives are becoming increasingly intertwined with the digital, such that there
is no longer a meaningful division between online and offline. Society is plugged
into the "Internet of Things". In this subject, students will explore the relationships
between humans and the digital world. Many predictions are made about the impacts
of new technologies on social life. In this subject, students will engage with some
of those and will look below the surface to assess the real relationship between people
and technology. Sociology provides us with tools to understand these relationships,
and students will leave the subject equipped with the ability to think critically
about the technology that has become so commonplace.
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate and apply broad knowledge of the relationship between the social and the
digital in contemporary society;
- debate the ethical issues raised by new technologies and digital worlds;
- apply sociological understandings and theories to the relationship between society
and digital life;
- generate and transmit technological solutions to social problems.
Subject Assessment
- Written > Essay (including multi-draft) 1 - (40%) - Individual
- Written > Critical appraisal/review - (30%) - Individual
- Oral > Podcast - (30%) - Individual.
Prerequisites: |
SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF 6 CREDIT POINTS |
Availabilities
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JCU Singapore,
Study Period 53,
Internal
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Census Date 01-Dec-2022 |
Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this
3
credit point subject is approximately
130 hours.
- 20 hours workshops
- 10 hours online content
- assessment and self-directed study
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and in case
of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest
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