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Apr 28, 2024
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PSY-776 Social Media and Society4 semester credits
This course will provide an overview of key issues that define the relationship between social media, society, and mediated social media publics. Topics covered include: social media and democratic culture; the structure and politics of platforms; social media and cognition; the curious role of social media influencers; the forms and rituals of social media communication; social media movements; and the social construction of facts on social media. Students will be lightly introduced to social networks in the overall analysis of social media influence and communication.
Delivery Method: Online
Grading Default: Letter
Learning Outcome(s):
- Demonstrate understanding of current issues in social media
- Demonstrates an understanding of theory and research in the domain of social media through graduate level writing and communication
- Be able to apply psychological theory to social media
- Understand role of social media as instruments of expression and social change
- Critically assess underlying ideological, racial, economic and cultural assumptions guiding social media as instruments of public culture
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