Seminar of digital democracy • session #2
Programme
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| Session | Theme | Date | Place |
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Introduction | 22 September 14:00 | LECL80 |
| 👉 Session #2 | Social media politics | 13 October 14:00 | LECL80 |
| 🗓 Session #3 | Algorithms and filter bubbles | 27 October 14:00 | LECL80 |
| 🗓 Session #4 | Digital divide and online tools to shape political opinions | 10 November 14:00 | LECL80 |
| 🗓 Session #5 | Civic tech and the digitalization of citizen participation | 24 November 14:00 | LECL80 |
| 🗓 Session #6 | Internet privacy and data collection | 8 December 14:00 | LECL80 |
| 🗓 Session #7 | Blockchain, web3 and decentralized governance | 22 December 14:00 | LECL80 |
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Today's programme
- The Social Dilemma: discussion
- Evaluation method: discussion
- Individual projects: work session
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“Social media politics”
Let's talk about The Social Dilemma!
What did you think of the movie?
(in 1 word)
- I didn’t know ...
- I disagree with ...
- I want to add reflections on ...
Topics and concepts from The Social Dilemma
Learn more...
🌐 Center for Humane Technology
📺 Quit social media | Dr. Cal Newport | TEDxTysons
📺 who I'm voting for president - Casey Neistat
📖 Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now - Jaron Lanier
📺 Jaron Lanier Fixes the Internet - The New York Times
📖 The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, Shoshana Zuboff
Quotes
“The classic saying is ‘If you're not paying for the product, then you are the product.’”
“We’re the product. Our attention is the product being sold to advertisers.“
“It’s the gradual, slight, imperceptible change in your own behavior and perception that is the product.“
“We’re just zombies, and they want us to look at more ads so they can make more money.“
Quotes
“Even two friends, who are so close to each other, who have almost the exact same set of friends, they think, you know, ‘I'm going to news feeds on Facebook. I'll see the exact same set of updates.‘ But it's not like that at all.“
“The manipulation by third parties is not a hack. Right? The Russians didn't hack Facebook. What they did was they used the tools that Facebook created for legitimate advertisers and legitimate users, and they applied it to a nefarious purpose.“
“When we were making the like button, our entire motivation was, ‘Can we spread positivity and love in the world?‘ The idea that, fast-forward to today, and teens would be getting depressed when they don't have enough likes, or it could be leading to political polarization was nowhere on our radar.“
Quotes
“These markets undermine democracy, and they undermine freedom, and they should be outlawed.“
“This is not a radical proposal. There are other markets that we outlaw. We outlaw markets in human organs. We outlaw markets in human slaves. Because they have inevitable destructive consequences.“
Evaluation
discussion
Learning outcomes
“At the end of this seminar, the students will be able to identify the issues raised by digital technologies on democracy, to develop a critical analysis on a case study related to a challenge for democracy at the digital era, and to communicate this analysis in writing, orally, and via digital tools.”
Individual projects
work session
See you next time! 👋