Digital Sociology and Global Politics

The course explores the relationship between technology and society in a global perspective, focusing on the new forms of work and social change, public opinion processes, the economic, urban and social inequalities that characterize the present. The course offers the critical and theoretical tools necessary for the analysis of the hyper-technological society of the 21st century.

At the end of the course, students will have acquired the ability to problematize the relationship between technology and society; to criticize the phenomena that characterize the digital society, with particular attention to the economic and social inequalities that distinguish it; to evaluate the role of technology in a given social context. The final exam aims to verify the expected learning outcomes in relation to the knowledge and understanding of the main theories presented in the course, the critical presentation of approaches, concepts and case studies observed in class.