Digital Culture

Overview

Key facts

Every day, we are influenced by technology. But technology can also be influenced by us. To understand what we need and want from new technology, we must understand technology in a broader context.

Current research includes 

• Electronic literature and digital art
• Machine vision and its cultural effects
• Digital humanities
• Practice-based research into new narrative forms

Studying Digital Culture degree offered by the University of Bergen will enable you to critically reflect on tech culture and the history of technology in addition to giving you hands-on experience in web design and creative web projects. Current master’s topics include e-books, selfies, games and learning and digital poetry.

Our alumni work in diverse fields such as journalism, web design, teaching, innovation, art, culture and programming.

Career

Our alumni are currently employed in diverse fields such as 

• technology journalism
• web design, teaching
• administration and development of corporate information systems
• innovation in the mobile services industry
• art
• culture 
• programming

In this time of rapid technological change we don’t just need people who can program our computers, we also need people who understand the impact of technology and the ways in which digital technologies can be used to improve our society. Digital Culture trains professionals who can use technology creatively and can analyse the effects of technological change.