Seminar: Aufbaumodul: Kulturwissenschaft III - Digital Food Media: Platforms, Networks, Publics - Details

Seminar: Aufbaumodul: Kulturwissenschaft III - Digital Food Media: Platforms, Networks, Publics - Details

Close message box
You are not logged into Stud.IP.

General information

Course name Seminar: Aufbaumodul: Kulturwissenschaft III - Digital Food Media: Platforms, Networks, Publics
Course number ANG.05275.03
Semester WiSe 2025/26
Current number of participants 25
maximum number of participants 20
Home institute Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Courses type Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Next date Wednesday, 21.01.2026 16:00 - 18:00, Room: Seminarraum 3 [AKStr.35] (Angl.)
Participants This seminar is recommended for more advanced BA students.
Pre-requisites - Basismodul Einführung in das Studium der angloamerikanischen Kulturwissenschaft
- Basismodul: Kulturwissenschaft
- Willingness to create accounts on various social media platforms
- Digital device (mobile phone, tablet, laptop) for social media usage
- Please do not double book this time slot if you intend to take this seminar
Learning organisation -weekly readings
-weekly class contributions and participation
-group work and group presentation
Performance record Studienleistung:
-regular class contribution and participation
-one short food reflection paper (ca. 2 pages double spaced)
-one short group presentation (ca. 15 mins)

Modulleistung:
-Project report
Lehrsprache(n) Englisch
Studiengänge (für) BA Anglistik und Amerikanistik 90 LP
BA IKEAS 120 LP
MA Intern. Area Stud. 120 LP
SWS 2
ECTS points 5

Module assignments

Comment/Description

From TikTok recipe hacks and Instagram reels of Ballerina Farm to Netflix food shows and YouTube mukbangs, digital media shapes the way we consume, cook, eat, and think about food. Since the rise of “Web 2.0” (DiNucci) in the early 2000s, digital and social media have not only reshaped communication and self-representation but also profoundly influenced our relationship with food. This seminar explores how food is represented across different platforms and how digital networks create publics around eating, cooking, and sharing. Together we will discuss how platforms such as online news platforms, Netflix, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok transform everyday practices into cultural performances, and how issues of identity, community, memory, and solidarity, among others, surface in digital food cultures (Lupton). Alongside key readings in digital food cultures, students will also be introduced to key methods in digital food studies, learning how to critically analyze food content online and trace its broader cultural and political significance. Anchored in food studies, media studies, and American cultural studies, this course offers students the tools to understand how digital platforms, networks, and publics are reshaping our relationship with food today.

This seminar is recommended for more advanced BA students.

This course can be credited towards the gender*bildet study programme (Gender Studies Certificate).

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Scheduled admission: Aufbaumodul: Kulturwissenschaft III - Digital Food Media: Platforms, Networks, Publics".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • The enrolment is possible from 29.09.2025, 12:00 to 13.10.2025, 12:00.
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats will be assigned in order of enrolment.