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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Communication & Journalism
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Nicholas John
Coordinator Office Hours:
Tuesdays 10-11
Teaching Staff:
Prof Nicholas John
Course/Module description:
This course offers a wide-ranging perspective on issues raised by the rise and rise of the internet and social media in contemporary society. It asks what role the internet and social media play in our lives, and how this role is related to their social, cultural, political and economic context.
Course/Module aims:
This course aims to familiarize students with the key issues in today’s debates concerning the place of the internet and social media in contemporary society. It also aims to present the theoretical issues raised by the central place in social and economic life of the internet and social media.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1) Place the rise of the internet and social media in their social context
2) Evaluate claims in popular discourse about effects of social media
3) Analyze the relationship between social media and interpersonal relations
4) Critically assess the power relations that have emerged around the internet and social media
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Frontal lectures
Course/Module Content:
What is the internet?
What are social media?
Search
Privacy
Instagram
Big data
Algorithms
Shaming
Disconnectivity
Required Reading:
To be published
Additional Reading Material:
To be published
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Referat 90 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 10 %
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