Curriculum context
Abgabe eines Reels (50%)
Resit date: No resit date will be offered to this assessment, because it is didactically inseparably connected with one of the associated courses. A resit will only be possible, if the module is available again.
Organizational information
Registration
Registration does not begin until 02.10.2026 at 08:00. It ends on 12.10.2026 at 23:59.
The registration is restricted to the following fields or courses of study:
- Leuphana Bachelor / Major Digital Media / alle Semester
This course belongs to the cluster "MDM_Introduction".
In this cluster, you have one choice during the lottery phases.
Persons
Content
Digital Media Studies examine our current situation as significantly structured by digital, computer-based and networked technologies that themselves have been shaped through cultural practices and human knowledge. On the one hand, digital media act as transformative factors on and in cultures. They are transforming human knowledge production as well as practices of connection, relationship, exchange, competition, and communication. On the other hand, human practices and forms of knowledge production facilitate the constant re-configuration of digital media. Therefore, new spaces of possibility and fields of experimentati-on are constantly emerging for us to shape digital technologies and practices of being together, acting, and perceiving.
In this introductory course we look at current approaches to research on Digital Media. In addition to the cultural and media studies approaches that are essential for our study programme, you will get to know positions from related fields such as the history of technology, disability studies, science and technology studies or game studies. Each session combines the term “digital cultures” with a verb that refers to a certain aspect of how digital media structure our current situation. At the same time, they can be understood as an opportunity for acting on and shaping digital cultures.
The participants of this introductory course acquire competences in essential cultural and media studies approaches (input videos) and are introduced to recent theories on Digital Cultures (seminar texts). They will gain an insight into current research questions, better understand the formative effect of digital media on cultures and at the same time learn new ways of responding to digital cultures. Students learn how to work with scientific texts and acquire their first skills in scientific writing.
Evaluation
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