EGR 203 - Technology and Digital Society

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Examination of social dimensions of technology and digital social life; how societal factors influence development, adoption and diffusion of technology; how technology shapes societies and inequalities in terms of race, class and gender. Lectures, readings and class discussions drawing on historical and current examples from a broad range of cultural contexts. Focus on such issues as impacts of technology on everyday life, the role of social media in racial and gender-based descrimination, and the proliferation of online extremism and violence. Also listed as SOC 203. Graded ABCDE