Society and Ethics in the Digital Age

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This class will focus on digital content from a sociological-ethical lens with special attention to social changes, inequalities, culture, security, and legal issues. Students will examine historical, contemporary, and future digital technologies and how they have affected, and could potentially affect society. Students will be introduced to big data constructs and other technologies like artificial intelligence to analyze from a sociological perspective and discuss the ethical implications. Finally, students will reflect on how they might incorporate ethics and social responsibility into their project development, and applications of new technologies in their careers.