This week’s topics
Social Implications of Ubiquitous Connectivity
- Digital divide
- Always-on culture and work-life balance
- Social media dynamics
- Digital citizenship
- Van Dijk (2005) The Digital Divide | Media | A Level Sociology
- Social Media: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #10
- 3 rules for better work-life balance | The Way We Work, a TED series
- What is digital citizenship?
What you will be able to do
- 3.2 Evaluate social and legal implications of using mobile technologies.
Activity
Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate social and legal implications of using mobile technologies.
Study materials
Videos
- Van Dijk (2005) The Digital Divide | Media | A Level Sociology · YouTube · tutor2u · 10 min · for registered students
- Social Media: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #10 · YouTube · CrashCourse · 17 min · for registered students
- What is digital citizenship? · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 3 (lower secondary level) · for registered students
Further resources
- Principles of Marketing, 16.4: Ethical Issues in Digital Marketing · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 559–563 · for registered students
- Digital Services Act: ensuring a safe and accountable online environment · PDF · Eu, report · for registered students
- European Union's regulating of social media: a discourse analysis of the Digital Services… · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
