Digitalna kultura (S20-61)

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the meaning of digital culture beyond its exclusively technical sphere, and to equip them with a conceptual and categorical apparatus and theoretical framework that allows them to comprehensively and critically analyze the impact of digital technologies on contemporary societies.

Students will acquire key competencies (knowledge and understanding) about contemporary theoretical concepts such as digitalization, networked society, network generation, surveillance capitalism, digital identity, social networks, digital violence, creative industries, privacy and intimacy in the digital space, based on which they will be able to critically analyze most aspects of everyday life that are most influenced by digital technologies.

1. Introduction to digital culture; 2. Transformation of sociability; 3. Networked society; 4. Digital everyday life; 5. Digital identity; 6. (Anti)social networks; 7. Fundamentals of surveillance capitalism; 8. Online communities; 9. Virtual worlds and online games; 10. The network generation: values, norms and family relations; 11. The network generation in the labor market; 12. Connectivity and intimacy in digital culture; 13. Digital violence (cyberbullying); 14. Creativity and art in digital culture; 15. Rights and intellectual property in digital culture.

1. Miller, Vincent (2020). Understanding Digital Culture. London: Sage. (odabrana poglavlja)

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2. Tapskot, Don (2011). Odrasti digitalno. Zagreb: Mate;

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3. Terkl, Šeri (2020). Obnovimo razgovor: Moć razgovora u digitalnom dobu. Beograd: Clio.

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4. Zubof, Šošana (2020). Doba nadzornog kapitalizma: borba za budućnost čoveka na novom rubu moći. Beograd: Clio.

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5. 5. Vajdijanatan, Siva. Antidruštvene mreže: kako nas Fejsbuk razdvaja i podriva demokratiju. Beograd: Clio, 2018. 6. Čejko, Meri. (2019). Superpovezani: internet, digitalni mediji i tehno-društveni život. Beograd: Clio. 7. Savin, Andrej (2022). Digitalna prav(d)a: pravno uređenje interneta u Evropskoj uniji. Beograd: Clio. 8. Dragićević Šešić, Milena i Nikolić, Tatjana (ur.) (2022). Digitalni horizonti kulture, umetnosti i medija. Beograd: Clio.

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Knowledge is assessed during the semester, in the form of pre-examination requirements, as well as at the end of the semester, in the final exam, during regular exam periods. All students who have fulfilled the pre-examination requirements can take the final exam. The pre-examination requirements consist of: two (2) midterm exams (20 points each), activities during classes and exercises (5 points) and regular attendance of the course (5 points). A total of 50 points can be achieved from the pre-examination requirements.
The final grade for the course is calculated by adding the points from the pre-examination requirements (maximum 50) and the points from the exam (maximum 50). Depending on the number of points achieved, the final grade is formed according to the Rules of Study in the First and Second Cycles of Studies at the University of Banja Luka.

Lectures and exercises with interactive learning. Interactive group learning. Video materials and documentaries screening. Literature seminars. Written student papers and presentations in class. Consultations.