SOC 255 - SGA:Globalization of Tech

Institution:

University of New England

Subject:

Sociology

Description:

This course explores the role of technology, and media and communications in particular, in understanding the processes of globalization. The global changes that are taking place, and which media and communications both encourage and reflect, require detailed and critical analysis if they are to be understood and managed. In the process of globalization, relationships between media, technology and social change are uncertain, uneven and complex. This course employs and interdisciplinary approach, drawing on the full range of social sciences, in the attempt to understand the implications of changing technologies on the lives of citizens and consumers around the world.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

09/01/2006 - 09/01/2007 

Institution Website:

www.une.edu/

Phone Number:

(207) 283-0171

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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