Computer Science 356pa - Seminar: Topics in Human/computer Interaction-Platform Activism

Sem: T-Platform Activism

Fall
2022
01
4.00
Johanna Brewer

M 1:40 PM - 4:20 PM; M 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Smith College
CSC-356pa-01-202301
Ford 345
jbrewer@smith.edu
Networked platforms like social media sites, gig sharing apps, and game consoles have become important sites of study for human-computer interaction. Contemporary research on the subject includes both platform studies, which offer a critical perspective on the power that large companies have to shape the creative labor and communication patterns of their users, and technology design activism, which seeks to amplify grassroots movements for positive social change on those platforms. In this course we will explore these emerging areas of scholarship and put our learnings into practice by using participatory design to create new technological interventions on various media platforms. 

[CE] JR/SR only

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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