Unit : Class Units

Units Schedule

Booting UpPart 1 
IntroductionUnit 18/26
Visions of the FutureUnit 28/31
Building the Digital and Social/Political InfrastructurePart 2 
Bombs and Bytes: The Origins of the Digital AgeUnit 39/7
Smashing Hierarchies: From Mainframe to Personal ComputingUnit 49/14
From American Desktops to Global CloudsUnit 59/21
Slicing and Dicing: Merging and ConvergingPart 3 
Identity Politics: From the Civil Rights Movement to MySpaceUnit 69/28
From Service Economy to E-conomyUnit 710/12
The Changing Meaning of Place Amidst Global ConsciousnessUnit 810/19
Recreation in a Digital Age Unit 910/26
Truthiness and the Flight from AuthenticityUnit 1011/2
Barcode IdentityUnit 1111/9
Citizenship in a Digital Age Unit 1211/16
CyberterrorUnit 1311/23
Politics 2.0 Politics in the Digital AgeUnit 1411/30
YouLine: A Brief History of Your Digital LivesUnit 1512/7

Digitizing America is divided topically each week into units. These units will focus on a particular aspect of the culture and history of the modern 'digital' age. This site contains the media and reading content for each unit on the list at the right. Within each unit are links and resources that will facilitate understanding and discussion of the units contextual focus.