New Media and Society

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New media – ranging from the Internet to Twitter and Facebook, from informational networks to handheld devices – have in recent years drastically influenced the social relations for individual and communities, and have exerted profound influence on social, economic and political life. The course traces the development of new media, their relationship to previous modes of communication and transmission, and how digital technologies influence emerging and changing spheres of economic, political and social exchanges. 001415