Watch this space for useful links that crop up during the course.
Miscellaneous:
MindTrek 2018
James Monaco's How to Read a Film
Films by Adam Curtis
Malcolm Gladwell's website, where you can read his New Yorker articles
Recommended films:
Capital C (2014), a documentary about crowdfunding
Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013), a documentary about, well, terms and conditions
We Are Legion (2012), a documentary about the hacktivist movement
Downloaded (2013), documenting the rise and fall of Napster
The Thread (2015), about the social media manhunt after the Boston Marathon Bombing
PressPausePlay (2011), about "how the digital age has unleashed creativity"
The Square (2013), about the Arab Spring, a political movement enabled by social media