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S/ÜS (Seminar/Überblicksseminar)
WiSe 12/13: Social Media and Global Change
Carola Richter
Kommentar
Following the Arab Spring and other protest movements around the world, catchwords such as "Facebook revolution" or "Twitter revolution" have gained popularity. Although these terms seem to overemphasize social media effects, tools such as Facebook, YouTube and Tumblr are increasingly used in journalism, domestic political campaigns, marketing, fundraising and education, as well. In what way can we conceptualize social media with regard to global challenges? How effective a tool can they be, in fostering change, locally as well as internationally?
In the first part of the course, you will take part in an experiment. Teaming up with students from a parallel course at the University of Montana, USA, you will experience how differently societies view the digital frontier. Together, you will test what it takes to use social media to spur concrete action, rather than to just get a couple of your friends to hit the 'like' button when you post a funny video.
In the second part of this seminar, we will widen the perspective by analyzing various cases of social media activism from around the world such as the Arab Spring, the Occupy movement or the US presidential elections. Thus, we will take a close look at the promises and pitfalls of social media. In doing so, we will theorize issues of citizen journalism, weak vs. strong ties, corporate ownership, information poverty, hate speech, propaganda, censorship and privacy.
In order to take part in this seminar, you will have to 1) be there in the first session, 2) take part in the experiment (willingness to use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc.), 3) prepare a presentation on one of the case studies. Schließen
17 Termine
Zusätzliche Termine
Mi, 14.11.2012 16:00 - 18:00Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung
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Mo, 05.11.2012 16:00 - 18:00
Mo, 12.11.2012 16:00 - 18:00
Mo, 19.11.2012 16:00 - 18:00
Mo, 26.11.2012 16:00 - 18:00
Mo, 03.12.2012 16:00 - 18:00
Mo, 10.12.2012 16:00 - 18:00
Mi, 12.12.2012 12:00 - 16:00
Mo, 17.12.2012 16:00 - 18:00
Mo, 07.01.2013 16:00 - 18:00
Mo, 14.01.2013 16:00 - 18:00
Mo, 21.01.2013 16:00 - 18:00
Mo, 28.01.2013 16:00 - 18:00
Mo, 04.02.2013 16:00 - 18:00
Mo, 11.02.2013 16:00 - 18:00