Ritzer – Automating prosumption

• Mandatory course materials (book chapters, articles, papers, documents, videos) will be assigned during the lectures. All references will be available on Virtuale, the University of Bologna online teaching platform.

Argomenti del programma: What does it mean to live in a society where platforms mediate our work, our relationships, and our sense of self — and where algorithms increasingly produce the very culture we consume? This course tackles that question head-on, treating the digital age not as a technical fact but as a sociological battleground: a space of new opportunities for participation and innovation, and, at the same time, of deepening…

• Mandatory course materials (book chapters, articles, papers, documents, videos) will be assigned during the lectures. All references will be available on Virtuale, the University of Bologna online teaching platform.

Argomenti del programma: What does it mean to live in a society where platforms mediate our work, our relationships, and our sense of self — and where algorithms increasingly produce the very culture we consume? This course tackles that question head-on, treating the digital age not as a technical fact but as a sociological battleground: a space of new opportunities for participation and innovation, and, at the same time, of deepening…