New Media & Digital Culture

17/03/2019

Still busy finding the right master programme? We asked Juul van den Hoog to share her experiences with New Media & Digital Culture 💫
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"After completing my programme at the University of Applied Science, I felt I needed to gain more knowledge in the field of new media. I wanted to challenge myself and get a deeper understanding of new media practices and be able to critically reflect on them in relation to contemporary society and culture. I have always had an interest in new media and technological developments. This Master Programme allowed me to combine these research fields. In a few weeks I will be starting an internship at a digital marketing agency where I will conduct research on design efficiency."

17/03/2019

Still busy finding the right master programme? We asked to share his experiences with New Media & Digital Culture 💫
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"I chose this master programme because I wanted to learn how to approach technology from a more critical perspective. During my Bachelor of Communication, at a University of Applied Sciences, I learned to have a very tech-optimist approach regarding new media and new technologies. Within this programme we learn to critically reflect on pre-assumptions and the possible concequences for society, which I like very much. The theories we study are diverse, we learn for example about the work of French philosophers like Foucault and to apply their way of thinking on contemporary technologies. But we also learn more recent theories about data, GIF’s and memes, what makes this master program very diverse and unique in my opinion."

17/03/2019

Still busy finding the right master programme? We asked Mareijn to share his experiences with New Media & Digital Culture . 💫

"NMDC created a deeper understanding of new media and technologies. The program created a critical and original way of thinking about innovations in contemporary society. A useful competence in the labor market."

04/03/2019

For everybody who is interested in data research:

Geplaatst op 1 maart, 2019 door Sander Prins Categorieën: Evenementen en Nieuws Call for Participants | UDS Summer School 2019: ‘Exploring Culture Through Data’ Utrecht Data School welcomes students (and non-students) from all Universities to join us in 5-day crash course in data practices and ...

14/02/2019

Have a look at what the New Media & Digital Culture Master's programme at Utrecht University is all about.

14/02/2019

Out now: The Playful Citizen: Civic Engagement in a Mediatized Culture, the new book co-edited by staff members of the programme.

It's a great collection of chapters dealing with the relationships between play, media, and citizenship.
UPDATE: the open access version is available here: http://www.oapen.org/search?keyword=10.5117%2f9789462984523 For a paper version discount see below. The table of content as well as the first chapter in which we introduce the notion of the playful citizen can be downloaded here:https://assets.ctfassets.net/…/9789048535200_ToC___Intro.pdf
There is an online discount code of 20% valid till the end of February that you can use to order a paper copy for yourself or your institution's library: “Pub_ThePlayfulCitizen”. Once a book is in the basket, the code can be entered via the “Use a discount code” link.
https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789462984523/the-playful-citizen

In the last decade, digital media technologies and developments have given rise to exciting new forms of ludic, or playful, engagements of citizens in cultural and societal issues. From the Occupy movement to playful city-making to the gameful designs of the Obama 2008 and Trump 2016 p...

14/02/2019

Welcome to the page of the international Master’s programme in New Media & Digital Culture!

The programme builds upon Utrecht University’s many years of experience in researching the impact of technological innovations on audio-visual media.

It examines new media as present-day manifestations of cultural, social, political, and economic developments that have known similar expressions in different media technologies at different times.

Our students are therefore well-trained in taking the many different cultural and historical aspects of digital media into account when critically analysing topics such as datafication, smart cities, applied games, social media identities, mobile communication, and internet actvism.

14/02/2019

Yesterday our professor Dan Hassler-Forest talked about the role of emotions in media, focusing on Temptation Island.