Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Network Society
Course Code
KF_013
Branch of Science
Communication Theory; Media and communications
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Information and Communication Science
LQF
Level 8
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Sergejs Kruks
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
To obtain profound and multifaceted understanding of the role, possibilities of and changes in communication in modern society, which take place under the effects of social and technical transformation. To develop skills to analyse and organise communication in a network.
Preliminary Knowledge
Communication and cultural theories.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Doctoral students know and understand network communication theories and forms of network communication, methodological approaches to research of networks have been mastered.
Skills
1.Doctoral students evaluate and select appropriate methods for research of networked structures (social networks, networked organisations), use mastered theoretical knowledge and research methodology in practice.
Competences
1.Doctoral students draft a research idea, plan, structure and lead scientific and applied research of networked structures, discuss their place and role in the modern society.
Assessment
Individual work
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Independent work with theoretical literature, preparation for discussions at seminars. An essay – discuss one of the theoretical paradigms of network society or methodology of analysis of networks.
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Examination
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Examination |
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Discuss one of the theoretical paradigms of network society or methodology of its analysis.
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Examination |
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Knows terminology, critically evaluates and compared theoretical paradigms (50%), is able to link theoretical paradigms to the evaluation of specific cases (50%).
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Theoretical paradigms of information technology.
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Political and economic paradigms.
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Social and organisation paradigms.
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Cultural and innovation paradigms.
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Forms of network communication: creative, cultural, organisation and social.
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Networks and a resource of action: negative and positive aspects.
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Class/Seminar
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Networks and a resource of action: negative and positive aspects.
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Translocal institutions.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
16 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Castells, Manuel (2000) The Rise of the Network Society. Vol. 1: The Information Age. Economy, Society and Culture. Blackwell Publishers.
2.
Deleuze, Gilles and Felix Guattari (1987) A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia. Transl. by Brain Massumi. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
3.
Hampton, Keith, Barry Wellman (2003) 'Neighboring in Netville: How the Internet Supports Community and Social Capital in a Wired Suburb'. In: City and Community 2: 277-311.
4.
Lovink, Geert, Dark Fiber (2002) Tracking Critical Internet Culture. Cambridge, MA.
5.
Latour, Bruno (2005) Reassembling the Social: an Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory. Oxford University Press.
6.
Medosch, Armin, Rasa Smite (2010) Networks and Sustainability. Acoustic Space, Vol. 10. Riga: RIXC.
7.
Rheingold, Howard (2000) The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier. MIT Press.
8.
Rossiter, Ned (2007) Organized Networks: Media Theory, Creative Labour, New Institutions. Amsterdam: The Institute of network cultures,
9.
Sassen, Saskia. [2006] 2008. Networks, Power, and Democracy. In: Varnelis, Kazys (ed.) Networked Publics. The MIT Press.
10.
Šmite, Rasa (2011) Kreatīvie tīkli. Rīga: RIXC, Liepāja: LiepU MPLab.
11.
Wajcman, Judy (2002) 'Addressing Technological Change: The Challenge to Social Theory'. In: Current Sociology, Vol. 50, No 3, pp. 347-363
12.
Wellman, Barry, Jeffrey Boase, Wenhong Chen (2002) 'The networked nature of community: online and offline', IT&SOCIETY 1(1):151-165.
13.
Neil Krishan Aggarwal (2016) The Taliban's Virtual Emirate: The Culture and Psychology of an Online Militant Community. New York: Columbia University Press.
14.
Chambers, D. (2014) Social media and personal relationships: Online intimacies and networked friendships. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
15.
Anderson, A. (2014) Media, Environment and the Network Society". London: Palgrave.
16.
Knappett, K. (2014) An Archaeology of Interaction: Network Perspectives on Material Culture and Society. Oxford University Press.
17.
Gottlieb, Baruch (2018) Digital Materialism : Origins, Philosophies, Prospects. Emerald Publishing.
Additional Reading
1.
Kluitenberg, Eric. Media Without an Audience. Acoustic Space, 3. Rīga: RIXC: 2000.
2.
Sassen, Saskia (2002) "Towards a Sociology of Information Technology", Current Sociology, 50(3): 365–388.