23 May, 2010
The Impact of Cyber-Culture
Posted by: Gina Alianiello In: Arts & Humanities|Media Studies
Course / Program Name: Practice of Art: Foundations of American Cyber-Culture
Hosted by / Sponsored by: UC Berkeley
Course of Study: Media Studies
Course Link: Take this course
Description: Watch and listen to over 25 webcast lectures from University of Berkeley, which explore New Media in American Cyber-Culture. Integral to the course is how different ethnicities access information and the impact on people’s pursuit of happiness and sense of success.
The course theorizes changes in media over the past 500 years, from early print to current technologies. Many issues are examined in relation to the modern speed of producing information, how it is accessed, utilized and made available. Some topics include networking, GPS, social media, copyrighting and much more.