The digital revolution has fundamentally changed the ways we read, write, and communicate, online and off, and the consequences of those changes are still not fully understood. Is the Internet making us stupid or smart? Does social media create community or destroy it? Improve or harm the public sphere? This course will examine language and literacy practices in our digital age. We will consider not only how we make use of new technologies of communication but how those technologies mediate the ways we read, write, and communicate with each other.