CDM 6245

The course addresses the individual’s identity construction in the digital world through an in depth understanding of web and social networking experience.  The study includes, inter alia, the cognitive, emotional and behavioral reactions on the internet due to the use of different digital communication forms. Concerns will be raised about the ways internet acts as an interface in self-perception, along with the consequences of the anonymity on the web on personal identity. In parallel, issues about networking and multicultural communication through internet communication, ethics, science, and internet esthetics, are to be addressed.  Meanwhile we will investigate the potential limits between human and digital life. 

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to : 

• Appreciate the complexity and the emerging correlation between  the identity configuration and cyberspace virtual reality 
• Perceive the concepts of digital self and virtual community 
• Assess through critical and creative thinking the value of internet new technologies and the growing interference of human in the future 
• Understanding the philosophical implications of the new cyberspace culture 
• Make a critical evaluation about the impact of modern digital world on technology, ethics, esthetics and science.