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How Digital Technology Shapes Us

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The “How Digital Technology Shapes Us” course explores the profound and evolving impact of digital technologies on individuals, societies, and cultures. Designed for a broad audience—including students, professionals, educators, and curious learners—this course encourages critical thinking about how digital tools influence the way we live, communicate, work, and form relationships. Participants will examine the interplay between technology and human behavior through themes such as digital identity, algorithmic bias, data privacy, surveillance, and social media’s role in shaping perception and discourse....

Syllabus

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  • 01: How Experience Alters the Brain
  • 02: Are New Media Shortening Attention Spans?
  • 03: Does the Internet Make Us Shallow Thinkers?
  • 04: Outsourcing Our Memory
  • 05: Human versus Digital Content Curators
  • 06: Virtual Realities and Our Sense of Self
  • 07: Screen Times Impact on Kids
  • 08: Video Games and Violence
  • 09: Is Digital Technology Ruining Sleep?
  • 10: How Dr. Google Is Changing Medicine
  • 11: The Virtual Therapist
  • 12: How Big Data Can Predict the Future
  • 13: Is Privacy Dead in the Information Age?
  • 14: The Emotional Effects of Social Media
  • 15: How Online Dating Transforms Relationships
  • 16: Technology and Addiction
  • 17: Is the Internet Hurting Democracy?
  • 18: The Arts in the Digital Era
  • 19: How AI Can Enhance Creativity
  • 20: Do We Trust Algorithms over Humans?
  • 21: Could Blockchain Revolutionize Society?
  • 22: Effects of Technological Metaphors on Science
  • 23: Robots and the Future of Work
  • 24: Redefining What It Means to Be Human
How Digital Technology Shapes Us
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