Digital Culture Studies
Learn to analyze the impact of our digital culture on individuals, communities, and society as a whole. Digital technologies are an intrinsic feature of everyday life in today’s society. New modes of social interaction have emerged, involving intense activity on social media, the use of apps and information technology. Data gathering and algorithmic patterning influence our access to information, how we present ourselves, and how we see others. Digital Culture Studies is a track of the MA Culture Studies.
In this research-oriented track, you will critically examine existing research frameworks and develop new conceptual and analytical tools for studying emerging 21st century culture. The program addresses a wide range of topical and urgent issues, focusing on what is important now at this moment and on what might become relevant in the future.
- Research concrete digital-cultural practices from within a broad interdisciplinary social-theoretical field and with an outspoken empirical emphasis.
- Reflect on questions such as:
- How do public figures weaponize discourse to provoke and manage controversy?
- How can the impact of digital media be understood using communication and culture theories?
- What is the social, cultural and political impact of the ideologies inscribed in digital platforms?
- What are the ways in which digital surveillance reproduces structures of power?
- How do digital technologies generate ways of knowing the world and ourselves?
- What are the social and cultural influences brought by the booming IT business and the everyday digital facilities?
- Learn all about social, cultural and political transformation of contemporary societies and investigate the influence of digitalization on social life.
- Turn academic content into publications that are accessible to a wider public through Diggit Magazine, both a learning instrument and an online news platform focusing on digital culture, globalization, and arts. Students develop online publishing skills (including content marketing and Search Engine Optimization), refine their writing skills and, at the same time, build a portfolio.
Digital Culture Studies is a track of MA Culture Studies.
Typical courses are:
- Discourse Analysis and Digital Media
- Digital Media and Everyday Life
- Digital Culture and Urgent Social Topics
- Digital Futures
Į magistro studijų programas gali stoti visi, baigę universitetą arba besimokantys paskutiniame kurse. Studijos kurias baigei ar tebesimokai turi būti panašios krypties kaip ir tos, į kurias nori stoti, kadangi priėmimas yra paremtas ECTS kreditų suderinamumu.
- ECTS kreditų išrašas - jei dar nesi baigęs aukštosios mokyklos, būtina prisegti ECTS kreditų išrašą, kuriame būtų matyti, kokius dalykus Tu mokeisi bei kokius pažymius ir kiek kreditų už juos gavai. Kai siunti anketą paskutiniame kurse, diplomą reikia prisegti vėliau, kai tik jį gausi.
- Bakalauro diplomas – jei jau esi baigęs aukštąją mokyklą, išrašo nereikia, užtenka prie anketos prisegti savo Bakalauro diplomą.
SVARBU: anglų kalbos testo sertifikatą privaloma pateikti kartu su visais dokumentais, atsiunčiant anketą. Universitetas nesvarsto stojimo anketų be anglų kalbos testo rezultatų, todėl sertifikatą privaloma pateikti iki stojimo pabaigos. Anglų kalbos žinias gali patvirtinti vienu iš šių būdų:
- IELTS – 6.5, ne mažiau nei 6.0 iš kiekvienos dalies
- TOEFL – 90
We will educate you to become a critical evaluator, competent analyst and innovative contributor in the field of digital culture, well equipped to contribute to further research on fundamental questions raised by the rapid innovations in the new online-offline nexus.
Some of our graduates' jobs:
- Media coordinator at Universidad de Monterrey
- Community Support Officer at the Digital Society Institute - University of Twente
- Researcher at DIMENSUS policy research
- Jr. Content Manager at UNGA
