Social and Political Impacts of Modern ICT

Relations:

It is not possible to register for the course 32BE-P-ICTI-01 if the student is concurrently registered for or has already completed the course U63E0401 (mutually exclusive courses).

During a review of study plans, the course U63E0401 can be substituted for the course 32BE-P-ICTI-01.

Course guarantor:

Jan Švec

Lecturer:

Jan Švec

Tutor:

Jan Švec

Supervisor:

Institute of Economic Studies

Synopsis:

Requirements:

assignments - 25%

Final test - 75 %

Syllabus of lectures:

- introduction to ICT development

- e-government and e-participation

- artificial intelligence, autonomous machines

- environmental and human costs behind ICT

- social networks and personalization of content

- online election manipulation

- gender-oriented and ethnically oriented hate speech

- impact of ICT on health and relationships

- mass surveillance in democracies

- fake news and fact-checking

- Russia's system of information control

- China's digital authoritarianism

Syllabus of tutorials:

Exercises are directly related to the lectures and immediately follow them, i.e. their syllabus is identical

Study Objective:

The primary aim of this course is to provide students with an interdisciplinary perspective on the development and implications of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Students will be encouraged to think critically about the ethical, social, and environmental consequences of technology. This includes a nuanced understanding of how ICT is leveraged for control in authoritarian regimes such as China and Russia. The course aims to increase students' ability to make informed decisions in today's digitalized and interconnected world.

Study materials:

All study materials will be provided by the teacher in Moodle and MS Teams (articles, book chapters, documentary movies)

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

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• B-EM-P prezenční studium od 22/23 (compulsory elective course)
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• B0413P050061 Ekonomika a management (OZ102 Personální management) od ZS 2023/2024 (compulsory elective course)
• B0413P050061 Ekonomika a management (OZ103 Řízení firemních procesů) od ZS 2023/2024 (compulsory elective course)
• B0413P050061 Ekonomika a management (OZ104 Účetnictví) od ZS 2023/2024 (compulsory elective course)
• B0413P050061 Ekonomika a management (OZ105 Manažerská informatika) od ZS 2023/2024 (compulsory elective course)
• B0413P050061 Ekonomika a management (OZ106 Obchodní podnikání) od ZS 2023/2024 (compulsory elective course)