Description: Seminar, one hour. Discussion of intersection of technology, power, and identity. Evidence suggests that Internet is not inherently democratizing. Instead, money, access, skills, isolation, identity, and stereotypes play significant roles in who creates information and who information is created for online. Examination of different studies about digital divide and its continued existence around world, but especially in America. Exploration and definition of phrases such as digitally exiled and digital ghettos. How information and technology manifest as power in society through readings, videos, and discussion. Counter-narratives and public programs discussed as possible solutions to these problems. P/NP grading. Facilitated by Hannah Diaz, with Safiya U. Noble as faculty mentor.

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