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HOD-836 Culture, Technology, and Social Change in the Digital Age

4 semester credits


In this course students consider current events, personal experiences, as well as emerging questions of ethical dilemmas, power, and systems of belief.

Throughout the ages, humans have created technologies from language to machines, telephones, computers, and digital networks that influenced culture, organizations, and social change. Some influences are visible - such as the impact of social media on relationships or the power of terrorist networks on countries. In this knowledge area we explore a critical history of technologies across the ages (Weizenbaum, 1976; Harrison, 1986); Hobart & Schiffman, 2000) and investigate the visible and invisible power of today’s digital technologies to change our lives, organizations, and societies (Dijck, 2013; Reed, 2014; Baym, 2015; Worcman & Garde-Hansen, 2016). 
Delivery Method: Online
Grading Default: Letter
Learning Outcome(s):

  • Examine a critical history of the influence of technologies across the ages.
  • Investigate the impact and emerging ethical dilemmas of the use of digital technologies on current culture and society.



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