This concentration explores computing as a cultural phenomenon. It equips students to analyze technology's role in society and culture, to understand it historically, and to produce media artifacts. 

Some faculty members whose research is related to this concentration include: Chris CsíkszentmihályiTarleton GillespieSteve JacksonPhoebe Sengers, and Gili Vidan.

Career Paths

  • Media scholars
  • Media artists 
  • Critical makers
  • Students of critical oriented design master's program (e.g. NYU, ITP, RCA Design Interactions)

DIGITAL CULTURE AND PRODUCTION COURSES

Please reference the Cornell Class Roster for details on the courses below.

Note: This concentration can be completed by taking one course from A and B, plus an additional from either A or B.

A. Digital Culture and History (choose at least one)

  • INFO 2921: Inventing an Information Society
  • INFO 3200: Technology, Behavior, and Society (previously New Media and Society)
  • INFO 4140 (previously 4940): Law, Policy, and Politics of Cybersecurity
  • INFO 4260: Computing on Earth: Extraction, Consumption, and the Material Ethics of Computing 
  • INFO 4940: Special Topics in Information Science - Clockwork: Infrastructure, Work, and Time
  • INFO 4940: Special Topics in Information Science - Law, Policy, and Politics of Artificial Intelligence
  • INFO 4940: Special Topics in Information Science - U.S. Copyright Law
  • ​STS 4040: Due Process Clinic

B. Media, Art, Design (choose at least one)

  • INFO 3450: Human-Computer Interaction Design
  • INFO 3660: History and Theory of Digital Art
  • INFO 4152: Advanced Topics in Computer Game Design*
  • INFO 4240: Designing Technology for Social Impact
  • INFO 4400: Qualitative User Research and Design Methods
  • INFO 4420: Human Computer Interaction Studio
  • INFO 4940: Special Topics in Information Science - Design Thinking, Media, and Community
  • INFO 4940: Special Topics in Information Science - Human Centered Design and Engaged Media
  • INFO 4940: Special Topics in Information Science - Producing Culture About, With, and Through Tech
  • ART 3705: Digital Media: Art in the Age of Networks
  • ARTH 4151: Topics in Media Arts
  • COML 3115: Video and New Media: Art, Theory, Politics

*Students must take the INFO listing of INFO/CS 4152. The CS listing will not count towards the ISST major.