SOC 275 - Technology in Everyday Life

5 CR

What is the role technology plays in society and in your life? Dig deeply into the social realm of technology. Investigate how identities are created, re-created, and challenged through mediated technologies. Topics may include network societies, hyper-realities, the digital divide, and the global and social histories of technology.

Course Outcomes

Analyze the impact of technologies on our private and public lives.
Explain how technologies both create and perpetuate inequalities.
Apply a sociological understanding of technology to describe how technology influences our interactions with others and our sense of identity.

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