MDST-4221 (3) Media Technology and Cultural Change

Explores how media technologies affect social orders and shape cultural practices. Compares and critically evaluates different theories of technology, emphasizes the social construction of technology, asks how media technologies inform conceptions of social reality and individual identity and considers how media technologies can be understood across a range of academic disciplines. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MDST 2002 (minimum grade C-).