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240525 SE MM3 Digital Identities and Socialities (2025S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Participation at first session is obligatory!The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Sa 01.02.2025 00:01 to Mo 24.02.2025 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Mo 17.03.2025 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- N Thursday 06.03. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 20.03. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 03.04. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 08.05. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 22.05. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 05.06. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 26.06. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
In this course, students learn about different forms of identity and sociality, which have been enabled through digital media technologies.Digital media and technologies allow for the construction of new forms of sociality and communiality. They have been changing how we live, work, love and learn. How we engage with each other on a daily basis. Different forms of identity construction, negotiation and transformation become crucial here. What kind of identity concepts can be used to describe these new phenomena? How to analyze new individual and collective identities on the internet? Where are the boundaries of theoretical and analytical concepts, such as community and network?Students conduct their own empirical projects and by engaging with different case studies they get an overview about digital identity, sociality and communality. The university’s online learning management system is used to provide resources and content as well as to foster student's exchange and communication beyond the classroom.
Assessment and permitted materials
Course assessment comprises a paper at the end of the semester (50%), the presentation of research projects (20%) and the active participation during the course by reading and discussing selected literature (30%).
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
All assignments have to be completed to successfully pass the course. Course attendance is mandatory.90% - 100 % Sehr gut (1, Excellent)
80% - 89,9 % Gut (2, Good)
66% - 79,9 % Befriedigend (3, Satisfactory)
50% - 65,9 % Genügend (4, Sufficient)
< 50 % Nicht genügend (5, Insufficient)
80% - 89,9 % Gut (2, Good)
66% - 79,9 % Befriedigend (3, Satisfactory)
50% - 65,9 % Genügend (4, Sufficient)
< 50 % Nicht genügend (5, Insufficient)
Examination topics
See above.
Reading list
Selected Literature (reading list will be provided in 1st class)• Alcoff, L. M. & E. Mendieta. (Eds.). (2003). Identities: Race, class, gender and nationality. Blackwell.
• Bell, B., Budka, P., & Fiser, A. (2012). “We were on the outside looking in” – MyKnet.org: A First Nations online social environment in northern Ontario. In A. Clement et al. (Eds.), Connecting Canadians: Investigations in community informatics (pp. 237-254). Athabasca University Press.
• Brubacker, R., & F. Cooper. (2000). Beyond “identity”. Theory and Society 29: 1-47.
• Gehl, R. W. (2015). The case for alternative social media. Social Media + Society, 1(2).
• Moore, H. L. (2012). Avatars and robots: The imaginary present and the socialities of the inorganic. Cambridge Anthropology, 30(1), 48–63.
• Postill, J. (2008). Localising the internet beyond communities and networks. New Media and Society 10 (3): 413-431.
• Postill, J., & Pink, S. (2012). Social media ethnography: The digital researcher in a messy web. Media International Australia, 145(1), 123–134.
• Bell, B., Budka, P., & Fiser, A. (2012). “We were on the outside looking in” – MyKnet.org: A First Nations online social environment in northern Ontario. In A. Clement et al. (Eds.), Connecting Canadians: Investigations in community informatics (pp. 237-254). Athabasca University Press.
• Brubacker, R., & F. Cooper. (2000). Beyond “identity”. Theory and Society 29: 1-47.
• Gehl, R. W. (2015). The case for alternative social media. Social Media + Society, 1(2).
• Moore, H. L. (2012). Avatars and robots: The imaginary present and the socialities of the inorganic. Cambridge Anthropology, 30(1), 48–63.
• Postill, J. (2008). Localising the internet beyond communities and networks. New Media and Society 10 (3): 413-431.
• Postill, J., & Pink, S. (2012). Social media ethnography: The digital researcher in a messy web. Media International Australia, 145(1), 123–134.
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