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Subcultures and Communities in the Digital World

Key information

  • Module code:

    6AAVC206

  • Level:

    6

  • Semester:

      Spring

  • Credit value:

    15

Module description

THIS MODULE PRIORITISES STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD AT KING’S COLLEGE LONDON FROM OUR EXCHANGE PARTNER, Julius Maximilian University of Wurzburg

This module will explore the phenomenon of subcultures and communities in the digital world. It will examine how different forms of social groupings develop online, and try to identify aspects of the cultures that are specific to them, both online and offline.

Encompassing topics as varied as political social and political activism, education, the creative industries, pornography, user-generated content and gaming culture, it will investigate the nature of new forms of identity, belonging, and community, as well as phenomena such as hacking, trolling and grieving, that are being constructed through a variety of general and specialised social media and content-streaming platforms.

By drawing on literature across the fields of subcultural studies and of internet and new media studies, the module will explore the languages, imageries, and styles through which digital communities and subcultures express themselves and interrelate with varied online and offline social, cultural and political contexts.

 

Assessment details

Coursework - 4,000 word essay (100%).

Teaching pattern

The module will be taught via lectures and ten 1 hour seminars.

Department

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