printer friendly pageCOMM 230A: Digital Civil Society
Digital technologies have fundamentally changed how people come together to make change in the world, a sphere of action commonly called 'civil society'. How did this happen, what's being done about it, and what does it mean for democratic governance and collective action in the future? This course analyzes the opportunities and challenges technology presents to associational life, free expression, individual privacy, and collective action. Year-long seminar sequence for advanced undergraduates or master's students. Each quarter may be taken independently. Fall Quarter focuses on the emergence of digital technologies in the 1990's. Topics include popular adoption of the internet, development of international networks, creation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Internet Archive, emergence of the digital economy, the dot com bubble, key pieces of technology legislation, and legal battles over free expression.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Bernholz, L. (PI)
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Nothias, T. (PI)
;
Pace, J. (PI)
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Instructors:
Bernholz, L. (PI)
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Nothias, T. (PI)
;
Pace, J. (PI)
;
Panezi, A. (PI)
;
Reich, R. (PI)
;
Willse, C. (PI)
COMM 230B: Digital Civil Society
Digital technologies have fundamentally changed how people come together to make change in the world, a sphere of action commonly called 'civil society'. How did this happen, what's being done about it, and what does it mean for democratic governance and collective action in the future? This course analyzes the opportunities and challenges technology presents to associational life, free expression, individual privacy, and collective action. Year-long seminar sequence for advanced undergraduates or master's students. Each quarter may be taken independently. Winter Quarter focuses on the 2000s and considers the emergence of social media platforms, the rise of mobile connectivity, institutional shifts in journalism, and major developments in intellectual property, state surveillance, and digital activism.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Bernholz, L. (PI)
;
Nothias, T. (PI)
;
Pace, J. (PI)
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Instructors:
Bernholz, L. (PI)
;
Nothias, T. (PI)
;
Pace, J. (PI)
;
Panezi, A. (PI)
;
Willse, C. (PI)
COMM 230C: Digital Civil Society (CSRE 230C)
Digital technologies have fundamentally changed how people come together to make change in the world, a sphere of action commonly called 'civil society'. How did this happen, what's being done about it, and what does it mean for democratic governance and collective action in the future? This course analyzes the opportunities and challenges technology presents to associational life, free expression, individual privacy, and collective action. Year-long seminar sequence for advanced undergraduates or master's students. Each quarter may be taken independently. Spring focuses on emergent trends related to democracy and associational life, from the 2010s and into the future. Topics include the Arab Spring, global political propaganda, 'born digital' organizations, the development of electronic governments, and biotechnologies.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Bernholz, L. (PI)
;
Nothias, T. (PI)
;
Pace, J. (PI)
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Instructors:
Bernholz, L. (PI)
;
Nothias, T. (PI)
;
Pace, J. (PI)
;
Panezi, A. (PI)
;
Willse, C. (PI)
COMM 230X: Digital Civil Society +1 Series
Speaker series examining the history, theory, legal challenges, policy frameworks and economic choices that have shaped digital networks and technologies, and how those technologies have in turn changed the nature and role of civil society in democracies. Required component of the
Comm230 - Digital Civil Society; also open to enrollment by other students and to the public.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 3 units total)
Instructors:
Bernholz, L. (PI)
;
Nothias, T. (PI)
;
Pace, J. (PI)
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Instructors:
Bernholz, L. (PI)
;
Nothias, T. (PI)
;
Pace, J. (PI)
;
Panezi, A. (PI)
;
Willse, C. (PI)
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