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Digital Way of Living

Digitális életmód
A tantárgyleírás hatályossága
Hatályosság kezdete:
2026. March 21.
Hatályosság vége:
Subject name (Hungarian, English)
Digitális életmód
Digital Way of Living
Subject code BMEVITMAK49
Subject type
Training Level
Course types and hours (weekly/semester)
Course type lecture tutorial laboratory
hours (weekly) 2 0 0
type (linked/independent)
Assessment type félévközi érdemjegy
Credits 2
Subject coordinator
Heszberger Zalán Tamás
position: egyetemi docens
Responsible department
Távközlési és Mesterséges Intelligencia Tanszék
Faculty Villamosmérnöki és Informatikai Kar
Subject website Digital Lifestyle
Primary curriculum type
Direct prerequisites – Strong prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Weak prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Parallel prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Milestone prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Exclusion none

Objectives

Programme
1. Definition of the subject, terminology, fields, methods of investigation. Stakeholder census, motivations of speakers and participants in relation to the subject
2. Digital lifestyle on the Internet: controlled chaos
3. Digital currencies: the social present and future of cryptocurrencies. The economic impact
4. Digital complexity: The complex systems approach and its impact on society
5. Digital Citizen: on-line learning, shopping, administration, leisure. Digital natives and immigrants, generational differences. Display of private content: bloggers, chatters
6. Digital working, digital nomads: remote working, tracking, presence in the world of work, technology dependency, online work organisations, student work
7. Digital footprint and privacy (PET technologies)
8. Social networks, virtual communities. Virtual reality.
9. Digital illiteracy, digital divide and its effects.  Equal opportunities issues, culture-specific responses. 10. 11. Inclusion programmes, community access points, bridging the knowledge gap
12. Methodologies of empirical studies, Hungarian and international data. Readiness indices (technology diffusion, barriers and enablers)
13. Time management in work and private life, relationship management in the digital age, digital hermits, the importance of remote connections
14. Unsolicited and online solicitation, online crime, law enforcement, online terrorism, how to protect yourself. Confidence and caution when using online tools.
15. Remembering and forgetting. Past, present and future in the digital world.
16. Online games. Positive and negative externalities of networks. Reflection of social networks in electronic interactions
17. Changes in behaviour and ability to influence. Surveillance studies. Normality and deviance in the digital world
18. Impact of emerging technologies, future perspectives, summary 
To familiarise students with the characteristics and expected changes in lifestyles based on digital technology, using infocommunication, information technology tools and information society technologies, in order to develop new information technology products and services that reach the appropriate segments of society and serve the satisfaction of users. Major themes of the course: - Characteristics of digital lifestyles and ways of studying them - The digital lifestyle: characteristics, characteristics, characteristics of the digital lifestyle - Specific aspects of the digital lifestyle - Impacts, changes, expected trends

Learning outcomes

Ez a tantárgy a KKK rendeletben meghatározott, következő kompetenciák fejlesztését szolgálja:

Knowledge

No learning outcomes recorded.

Skills

No learning outcomes recorded.

Attitudes

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Autonomy and responsibility

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Oktatási módszertan

Lectures

Tanulástámogató anyagok

Online források
No required literature;  ; Recommended literature:; The emergence of the network society. Gondolat, 2005, ISBN 9789639567931; PATHS (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-47545-1); The Economy Machine - The Economics of Sustainable Development, 2019, L'Harmattan, ISBN 9789634140771; The Power of Identity. Gondolat, 2006, ISBN 9639610429; The end of the millennium. Gondolat, 2007, ISBN 9789636930424 ; Manuel Castells: information society trilogy; Viktor Mayer - Shönberger: Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age. Princeton University Press, 2009, ISBN: 9780691138619; Pintér Róbert ed.: The Information Society (textbook); Gondolat - Új Mandátum, Budapest, 2007; Kósa Zsuzsanna - Kömlődi Ferenc (2008).; Chapters from the book "INFORMATICS IN THE ETERNAL WORLD: The technological perspectives of the information society", ISBN 978-963-2790-24-4, Typotex, Budapest, 2008, 1.1.2006, issue 1, No. 1, Budapest, 2008.

Recommended preliminary knowledge for completing the subject

Knowledge type competencies
(azon előzetes ismeretek összessége, amelyek megléte nem kötelező, de a tantárgy eredményes teljesítését nagyban elősegíti)
Basic knowledge of using IT tools, basic social skills, basic statistical skills
Skill type competencies
(azon előzetes képességek és készségek összessége, amelyek megléte nem kötelező, de a tantárgy eredményes teljesítését nagyban elősegíti)
nincs
Recommended (non-compulsory) preliminary competencies
(azon ajánlott (nem kötelező) előzetesen megszerzendő kompetenciák összessége, amelyek jelentősen hozzájárulnak a tantárgy eredményes teljesítéséhez)
Basic knowledge of using IT tools, basic social skills, basic statistical skills
General rules
Requirements: During the school term:  - Compulsory attendance at one of the lectures agreed at the beginning of the semester. - One essay to be written during the semester: a short elaboration of one of the topics covered in the course. The essay must be submitted no later than the end of the term. The assessment of the assignment will range from 0 to 10 points, and must be worth at least 4 points to be accepted. During the examination period: no examination, the subject ends with a mid-term mark Preliminary examination: none Method of determining the grade:  - The mark will be based on the number of points in the submitted essay:  - of which: unsatisfactory 0-3 points, satisfactory 4 points, medium 5-6 points, good 7-8 points, excellent 9-10 points Additional possibilities: The mid-term assignment may be handed in late until the end of the mid-term week, subject to the payment of a special procedure fee.
Assessment methods
In-term assessments

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Weight of in-term assessments

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Exam-period assessments

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Weight of exam elements

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Grade calculation

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Attendance requirements

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Rules for retake and resubmission

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Short description

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Detailed description

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Recommended courses
There is no compulsory prior learning.   Recommended prerequisites: Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BMEVIETAK49)
Workload to complete the subject

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Validity of subject requirements
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Curriculum placement

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