TOPICS: DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP in Fall 2022 (PO3910A)

Topics vary by semester

Course Master:

TOPICS IN POLITICS (PO3910)

Term:

Fall 2022

Discipline:

PO (Politics)

Credits:

4 credits

Type:

CCD

Level:

Undergraduate

Can be taken twice for credit?:

Yes

Cross Listed:

TOPICS: DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP in Fall 2022 (PL3910A)

Exam Date:

Tuesday, December 13, 2022 - 16:00

Pre-requisites:

None

Co-requisites:

None

Professor(s)

Julian Culp

Notes

Digital citizenship is a key concept of our digital age, expressing the hope that a humane use of digital technologies is possible. The course contrasts digital citizenship with political, environmental, and global conceptions citizenship, before studying the political, legal, and educational dimensions of digital citizenship. It also explores selected practices of digital citizenship, including clicktivism, digital commoning, and digital counter surveillance.

Learning Outcomes

To read with care and understand multi-disciplinary texts on educational, legal, and political problems of the contemporary digital transformation of society
To read with care and understand multi-disciplinary texts on educational, legal, and political problems of the contemporary digital transformation of society
To analyze and evaluate educational, political, and legal arguments regarding their logical structure (or validity), adequacy (or soundness), and their effectiveness (or informativeness)
To analyze and evaluate educational, political, and legal arguments regarding their logical structure (or validity), adequacy (or soundness), and their effectiveness (or informativeness)
To develop and articulate a compelling ethical position on at least one issue of contemporary digitalization
To develop and articulate a compelling ethical position on at least one issue of contemporary digitalization
Digital Literacy and Communication: Students will learn about privacy, security and data preservation issues (CCD LO1)
Students will learn about privacy, security and data preservation issues
Students will be able to write and publish digitally and analyze and produce audiovisual content in order to communicate through a variety of digital media
Digital Literacy and Communication: Students will be able to write and publish digitally and analyze and produce audiovisual content in order to communicate through a variety of digital media (CCD LO 2)

Syllabus

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Book List

Title	Author	Publisher	ISBN Number
FROM VOICE TO INFLUENCE - UNDERSTANDING CITIZENSHIP IN A DIGITAL AGE	ALLEN , DANIELLE & S. LIGHT, JENNIFER	UNIV OF CHICAGO	9780226262260

Schedule

Start Date:

Monday, September 5, 2022

End Date:

Friday, December 16, 2022

Day	Start Time	End Time	Room
Tuesday	16:55	18:15	C-102
Friday	16:55	18:15	C-102