Internet Studies

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Internet Studies are interdisciplinary classes aimed at introducing basic issues related to the analysis of the Internet and media discourse.

The classes will present the basic issues related to the sociology of the Internet, media studies and other related sciences.

To function in an information-centric world, we need to understand the mechanisms of network technology and information society. This course explores new changes of societies and consequences of advanced telecommunication and information technologies. Throughout the classes we will explore how Internet changes social, work and communication condition. Topics includes the social implications of the Internet, new social networks, online societies (virtual communities), social innovation, online civil action, new business models, pathological consequences of Internet use and many others.

After these classes students will know basic terminology related to sociology of Internet (e.g. Communities, online deliberation, Web 1.0 and 2.0, Wikinomics) and develop a better understanding of global processes taken nowadays.

1. Castells, Manuel (1996, second edition, 2000). The Rise of the Network Society, The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture Vol. I. Cambridge, MA; Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

2. Castells, Manuel (1997, second edition, 2004). The Power of Identity, The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture Vol. II. Cambridge, MA; Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

3. Castells, Manuel (1998, second edition, 2000). End of Millennium, The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture Vol. III. Cambridge, MA; Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

4. McLuhan, Marshall 1962 The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man; 1st Ed.: University of Toronto Press; reissued by Routledge & Kegan Paul

5, Krikapatrick, David 2008 The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World, Simon & Schuster, New York

6, Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams, 2006.Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes, Everything,Portfolio: United States.

7 Christiakis, Nicholas, Folwer, James H. 2009. Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives -- How Your Friends' Friends' Friends Affect Everything You Feel, Think, and Do, Little Brown & Company: New York.

KP6_WG1 has a basic knowledge of group processes

KP6_UW8 is able to identify social problems of a selected community / social group and analyse, evaluate and propose solutions

KP6_KO1 is determined to improve his/her social skills

KP6_KO2 is open to work in a group, being able to assume various roles in it, sees the need for managing teams creatively

Paper work (70%) and active participation in the classes (30%)