This course will take a sociologically informed approach to critically examine how digital hardware, software and data are shaping our social institutions, social relations, culture and everyday life.The course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to be able to critically analyse and creatively respond to a world that has undergone and is still undergoing a digital transformation.We will draw on our universities specialist expertise in Internet studies, digital audiences and publics, digital culture and digital research methods to provide you with the theoretical and methodological skills needed to enable you to analyse and address key issues of a digital society.You will also have the opportunity to undertake a digital project, either via a work placement or dissertation and you will learn how to share digital sociological research with broader communities and publics.<br><br>The modules on our Digital Society master's are designed to provide you with a systematic knowledge and a sociological understanding of how digital technologies shape - and are shaped by - social institutions, social relations, culture and everyday life.You will critically engage with important issues and debates emerging from the rapidly growing field of studies into a digital society, and learn the necessary skills for conducting your own innovative research.You will benefit from a combination of traditional lectures and interactive seminars, as well as task-based creative learning to develop your critical understanding through group work, practical activities, case studies, peer and professional review, presentations, practical activities, and discussion and debate with peers and experts from industry.Your teaching will be delivered by research-active scholars engaging in cutting-edge work around digital society. Guest speakers from academia and industry will also provide you with a range of insights into key issues and real-world applications in the digital sector and other sectors where the digital plays a key role.<br><br>Our Digital Society masters is designed to enhance specialist knowledge and methodological expertise of relevance to professionals working in digital industries, to students interested in digital humanities, and those wishing to progress to a research degree in these fields.<br><br>Employability is an important part of our Digital Society master's programme. Teaching across the programme incorporates links with the digital industries, through employer engagement via guest lectures, masterclasses, work placements and industry projects.<br><br>You will gain highly valuable skills in digital research, digital communication, digital engagement, digital evaluation and project management.