Catalog Description

Digital literacy refers to the unequal understanding people have about how digital technologies work, how that work is regulated, and how digital technologies are used – by us and by others – as effective and strategic communication and information tools. This course offers students a pathway to become digitally literate by teaching them how the work they perform on digital platforms impacts their interpersonal, communal, and social interactions as consumers, citizens, and content producers.

Course Description

This course provides an intellectual and practical framework for thinking about digital media. It also encourages students to reflect on their own media use, to explore new ways of interacting with media, and to rehearse some digital media habits aimed at protecting personal identities and promoting ethical and considered behaviors online.