Universität Wien

210116 VO M7: SpezialVO Staatstätigkeit, Policy- und Governanceanalysen (2022W)

Practicing Democracy in the Digital Age (engl)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
DIGITAL

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Details

Sprache: Englisch

Prüfungstermine

Lehrende

Termine

/// THE LECTURE TAKES PLACE ONLINE VIA ZOOM. ///
(Link provided on Moodle.)
MO wtl von 10.10.2022 bis 23.01.2023 18.30-20.00


Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

What does democracy mean in the digital age? The present lecture series gives an overview of key debates on democracy and digitisation at the intersection of political science, legal studies and Science & Technology Studies.

At the centre of this lecture series are questions of power, representation, and practices of participation. The first part of the lecture series introduces core concepts and theories, the second part explores a set of topical cases and applications.

The lecture is organised by the cross-faculty research platform ‘Governance of Digital Practices’ and is targeted at a non-specialist multidisciplinary audience with an interest in the politics of technology.

You can find information on the lineup of speakers on our website: https://digigov.univie.ac.at/demos/

The lecture will take place online via Zoom. (Linked provided on Moodle.)

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Digital written exam.

Students are assigned tasks to complete online (on Moodle) in open book format within a two-hour time slot. The net answering time is 90 minutes; 30 minutes are allocated to downloading and uploading the exam form. The exam is to be written in English.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

To pass the course, an exam must be taken at the end of term. The exam is based on a set of required readings (approximately, one text per session).

The exam assesses the ability of students to to both accurately describe the lecture contents and readings and provide one's own interpretation thereof. Students are required to independently establish connections between positions brought up throughout the lecture series.

All exam submissions are checked using the University of Vienna's plagiarism software (Turnitin). Answers copy-pasted from the lecture slides or the Internet, copying of texts without the corresponding bibliography or copying from other participants of the same exam will be detected and will be reported.

The independence of the submitted work might be checked in the form of an interview up to four weeks following the examination. Students are required to attend these appointments upon request.

Prüfungsstoff

Lecture readings, lecture slides, and oral presentations.

Literatur

Readings provided via Moodle.

Recommended preparatory readings:

Forestal, J. (2022) Designing for Democracy: How to Build Community in Digital Environments. New York: Oxford University Press.

Feldstein, S. (2021) The Rise of Digital Repression: How Technology is Reshaping Power, Politics, and Resistance. New York: Oxford University Press.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Do 11.05.2023 11:27