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Society, Culture and Digitalization

Module name Society, Culture and Digitalization
Credit points: 6 LP
Requirement level required module 
Module Level basis module
Content and learning outcomes

The module covers, in the form of seminars, the impacts of digital transformation on society and culture. Specific perspectives (for example political, sociological, ethnological or philosophical views) are applied to the topic of digitalisation and further studied. 

After completing this module, the students are able to describe different approaches and theories relating to the impacts of digitalisation on society and culture in their own words and discuss them. They can use the theories and methods they learned on a given topic and reflect critically upon them. The students learn how to analyze and depict the specific phenomena of digitalisation regarding their impacts on societal areas in written form. 
Types of classes Main seminar (2 hours per week))
Amount of work involved
  • Seminar: Attendance, preparation and reviewing material (60h)
  • Preparation of the presentation in the seminar (30h)
  • Term paper (90h)
Language German or English
Prerequisites none
Module can be applied as
  • Required module for M.A. Cultural Data Studies
  • Export module
Requirements to earn credit
  • oral presentation of a methodological or theoretical approach
  • Module exam: term paper (40000 - 50000 characters)
Assessment  entire module is graded according to § 28 AB
Length one semester
Frequency every winter semester
Module starts winter semester
Module advisor Prof. Dr. Susanne Buckley-Zistel

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