MULTICULTURALISM AND DIGITAL SOCIETY (2 SCU)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: identify issues related to the transformation of cultural  sphere in digital era; explain the body of issues related to the transformation of cultural  sphere in digital era; apply the knowledge of issues related to the transformation of cultural  sphere in digital era to the simple project.

Topics:

1. Introduction: Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere and Transnational Ethics;
2. Emergence of a Nationalist-Racist Digital Mainstream;
3. Online Content Control, Memory, and Community Isolation;
4. Games and the Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere;
5. Online Gender Activism;
6. Locating Expatriate Media Environments in China;
7. Analyzing Transnational Web Spheres;
8. Intercultural Conflict and Dialogue in the Transnational Digital Public Sphere;
9. Understanding the Greek Crisis and Digital Media: A Cyberconflict Approach;
10. Digital Ethnicities and (Re-)Construction of Ethnic Identities in Social Media;
11. Human Rights Obligations and the Role of the European Ombudsman;
12. Political Selfies: Image Events in the New Media Field;
13. The Politics of Transformation: Selfie Production of the Visually Marginalised.