Digital Stories: Ongoing Transformation Of Knowledge, the World, and Personhood in the Digital…

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Digital Stories will be an exploration of the ways that the digital revolution of the past half-century or more has also involved a transformation of the human story. The course will be offered in conjunction with faculty from across Le Moyne College, who will teach about the history and nature of the media and digital revolutions and how they have changed and continue to change the world and subjective experience. Topics covered will include the development of media, the computer and the internet, social media and data analytics. Rotating topics may include the fate of politics and journalism in the digital era; artificial intelligence and the fate of personhood; automation and the future of work; the transformation of science in the age of big data; and the future of literature in a mediated landscape.