Living in Digital Cultures - SOC00017C
Module summary
This module will provide you with resources for thinking critically about the digital cultures in which youlive. It will provide a series of case studies, concepts and perspectives that help students to develop a critical understanding of the experiences of everyday life withinthe context and transformations of digital cultures.
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Semester 1 2026-27 |
Module aims
What is it like to live in digital cultures? How do people's digital lives matter and how do they differ? This module focuses on the experiences of living digitally. The module will introduce you to a range of different features of digital culture and provide students with resources for analysingand understanding the experiences and dynamics of living within those digital cultures. The module will draw on case studies and examples from different aspects of everyday life in order to illustrate, ground and develop your understanding in relation to the lived and material experiences of digital culture. This module aims to give youthe foundations for thinking critically about living in digital cultures and provide the means for contextualising those experiences.
Module learning outcomes
Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of digital culture and the possibilities it provides for understanding and analysing everyday life.
Critically evaluate and apply arange of key concepts, theories and perspectives to digital cultures.
Draw-upon a range of sources toanalyse keyfeatures of digital culture andcontextualise the experiences that define it.
Think critical and respond to the wider forces andtransformations of digital culture as they shape individual lives.
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100.0 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100.0 |
Module feedback
For formative work students will work in groups to develop their own single case study of one aspect of living in digital cultures. They willreceive ongoing verbal feedback in the dedicated session. MLO 1-4
For Summative assessment -students will produce a case study portfolio containing two case studies. They willreceive an overall mark and grading according to clearly defined criteria for assessing their knowledge, skills and abilities in line with MLO 1-4 . They will also receive written feedback showing areas in which they have done well and those areas in which they need to improve that will contribute to their progress.
Indicative reading
Indicative reading might include:
Beer, D. (2019) The Quirks of Digital Culture.Bingly: Emerald.
Miller, V. (2020) Understanding Digital Culture. London: Sage.
Bolmer, G. (2018) Theorising Digital Cultures. London: Sage.