Dear Colleagues, Thanks in advance for distributing this information to those who might be interested in attending our new MA program in "Digital Living" at Aarhus University, as part of the Department of Aesthetics & Communication within the Faculty of Arts. ********** Are you interested in how digital technologies are used in everyday life? Do you care how technologies impact social and work life? Would you like to learn how to design better futures by exploring the intersection of networked sociality, organizational practices, and IT design? If so, you might be interested in a new international master's degree program at Aarhus University: "Digital Living: Work and Social Life in an Era of Smart Machines and Social Media." Curriculum taught in English. Learn more here: http://arts.au.dk/digitalliving This MA focuses on how digital technologies are used in everyday life and offers students the opportunity to consider how we might design better futures by exploring the intersection of networked sociality, organizational practices, and IT design. Discuss cutting edge knowledge about the social impact of digital technologies with internationally established professors. Learn from computer scientists how digital forms of communication and interaction are designed and programmed. Work with professors from information and media studies to build a strong grounding in the political, social, and economic structures of 21st Century organizations and institutions. In addition to theoretically-grounded classroom discussions, students design and build interfaces, engage in empirical studies of digital contexts, and explore how new eBusiness models work. This well-rounded master's program provides solid grounding for analyzing contemporary social media practices and developing sustainable and ethical digital futures. Digital living is an interdisciplinary Master Program within Information Studies at Aarhus University. Curriculum taught in English. Application deadline: March 15 (April 1 for Danish residents)* Notification of Acceptance: early May 2014 Start Date: 1 September 2014 Need more information? Feel free to contact: Associate Professor Annette Markham: amarkham@dac.au.dk Associate Professor Claus Bossen: imvcb@dac.au.dk *exceptions to the deadline may be granted, depending on circumstances. Please inquire if this might apply to you. Best Regards, Annette ***************************************************** Annette N. Markham, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dept of Aesthetics & Communication, Aarhus University Guest Professor, Dept of Informatics, Umeå University, Sweden Affiliate Professor, School of Communication, Loyola University, Chicago amarkham@gmail.com http://markham.internetinquiry.org/ Twitter: annettemarkham