Course Description

Media, Information and Technoculture 321F/G Our Modems, Ourselves: Individuals in Cyberspace

This course will explore the impact of virtual presence and computer-mediated communications on human relationships. In face to face interactions, we rely on appearance, body language, gesture, tone of voice and other factors to form the basis for a relationship. How does the absence of these affect communications and relationships in cyberspace?

Prerequisite: Media, Information and Technoculture 203a/b or 245a/b, and registration in the third or fourth year of an MIT program, or permission of the Faculty.

2 lecture hours, laboratory hours, half course.

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