Sociology 270 - MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Save for the brief Y2K scare, we rarely think critically about technology, how it shapes and informs our lives. Furthermore, as students of the social world, sociologists are a little behind the times in thinking about how technology affects data collection, analysis, and representation. For this course we first develop a critical perspective on media and technology, but then take a unique next step: throughout the semester there are workshops on podcasting, PowerPoint, wikis, video and photography to put those lessons into practice. SOC 101 is required. Three short papers and a final project are assigned. Enrollment limited to 30.