Center on Digital Culture and Society
Promoting critical scholarship and dialogue on digital culture, technology, and society.
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Founded in July 2019, the Center on Digital Culture and Society (CDCS) at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication supports critical, interdisciplinary scholarship and dialogue on digital culture, technology, and society. CDCS aims to create collaborative spaces for discussion and debate among academics, citizens, and activists; develop critical approaches to the study of digital culture and technology; help train new generations of digital researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and beyond; build global networks of researchers; advocate for socially just design, production, and use of digital technologies; and explore and foster new visions of digital futures through scholarship and public communication.
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CDCS researchers produce critical and interdisciplinary scholarship on how digital technologies shape culture, politics, and society.
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Oral Histories Help Communities Reckon with COVID-19
Upcoming doctoral graduate Adetobi Moses’ new paper explores the power of oral histories
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