CVIN 305: Digital Media and Civic Life

This course is an exploration of questions and issues related to the ways that digital forms of media, especially social media, affect our understanding of citizenship and our involvement in civic life.  Discussions, readings, and other course materials will focus on the intersections between civic engagement and digital media, including such topics as digital literacy, digital ethics, the information divide, collective identity, civic participation, the role of social media in social movements, and cultural analysis of digital media.