ATCM4320 - Political Economy of Digital Media

ATCM 4320 Political Economy of Digital Media (3 semester credit hours) This course examines the relationships among digital media, economic logics, and social and political institutions. Topics may include intellectual property; the politics of algorithms; labor in digital culture; peer production; and emerging economies such as virtual currencies, barter economies, and markets in biolabor. Prerequisite: ATCM 2321 or ATCM 2322. (3-0) Y