Our lives are becoming increasingly intertwined with the digital, such that there is no longer a meaningful division between online and offline. Society is plugged into the \&#34;Internet of Things\&#34;. In this subject, students will explore the relationships between humans and the digital world. Many predictions are made about the impacts of new technologies on social life. In this subject, students will engage with some of those and will look below the surface to assess the real relationship between people and technology. Sociology provides us with tools to understand these relationships, and students will leave the subject equipped with the ability to think critically about the technology that has become so commonplace.

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[Pre-requisite] SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF 6 CREDIT POINTS

[Pre-requisite] SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF 6 CREDIT POINTS Offerings: All

SY2101 - Sociology of Digital Life

Sociology of Digital Life

Debate the ethical issues raised by new technologies and digital worlds

Demonstrate and apply broad knowledge of the relationship between the social and the digital in contemporary society

Apply sociological understandings and theories to the relationship between society and digital life