Technology Analysis

Catalog description

The study of the structure of technology industries and their properties based on humanistic and social science approaches. Theorizes history and major trends in technology ownership and governance: the function of materialities and their infrastructures in reinforcing or altering societal relations: and the effects of this political economy on users and citizens. Familiarizes students with research methods for analyzing technology in society.This course fulfills a core course for Communication majors in the area of Structures and Institutions and a Social and Behavioral Course in the Core Curriculum.