PHIL 366

PHIL 366: Computers and Culture
Instructor: Richard Kover

Course Description:

This course examines the psychological, cultural, socioeconomic and political dimensions of the information revolution, and more particularly of social media. Some of the questions to be discussed include: What is social about social media? How is subjectivity, identity and community constructed and expressed online, and how does this differ from offline forms? Is crowd-sourcing a key to reinvigorating participatory democracy or just another word for groupthink? Are “presumption” and “playbour” new forms of economic exploitation? Does social media provide a template for a truly emancipatory politics or new forms of domination?

Take this course if you’re interested in the social and political transformations brought about by the internet and social media!