Technology, Politics And Citizenship
Aperçu
In 2014 a hashtag about kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria was shared more than four million times in a month and was held up on placards by heads of government. Years later most of the girls were still missing. Both halves of that sentence are true, and holding them together is what this topic is about.
You will study how campaigns are built and lost online, how citizens and politicians actually use technology during an election and what happens when the vote itself moves onto a network, and how two very different countries have written rules for what may be published, alongside the harder question of what 'bias' in a ranked feed or a newsroom would even mean.
Objectifs
- Communications technology and campaigning, including the use of social media to raise awareness about issues
- The use of communications technology during elections by citizens and politicians as part of the democratic process
- The themes of censorship and bias in relation to communications technology, using two countries as examples
Note de cours
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Vous rencontrerez un mélange de types de questions, y compris des questions à choix multiple, des questions à réponse courte et des questions de rédaction. Chaque question est soigneusement conçue pour évaluer différents aspects de vos connaissances et de vos compétences en pensée critique.
Utilisez cette section d'évaluation comme une occasion de renforcer votre compréhension du sujet et d'identifier les domaines où vous pourriez avoir besoin d'étudier davantage. Ne soyez pas découragé par les défis que vous rencontrez ; considérez-les plutôt comme des opportunités de croissance et d'amélioration.
- The term 'slacktivism' refers to: A) Campaigning carried out only by professional lobbyists B) Participation that costs the participant very little and may substitute for more demanding action C) A government ban on political advertising D) Voting by post rather than in person Answer: B
- Estonia first offered internet voting in national elections in which year, and at the 2023 parliamentary election roughly what share of votes was cast online? A) 2005; about 51 per cent B) 1998; about 90 per cent C) 2015; about 10 per cent D) 2020; about 25 per cent Answer: A
- In 2009 the German Federal Constitutional Court ruled against the use of voting machines mainly because: A) The machines had been shown to miscount votes B) They were too expensive for local authorities C) Ordinary citizens could not check the essential steps of voting and counting without specialist knowledge D) They were manufactured outside Germany Answer: C
- Germany's Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) required large social networks to: A) Verify the real name of every user before allowing them to post B) Remove manifestly unlawful content within 24 hours of a complaint, subject to large fines C) Store all German user data on servers inside Germany D) Obtain a government licence before operating Answer: B
- In the Cambridge Analytica case, the wrongdoing that was established and penalised was: A) Proof that the targeting changed the result of an election B) The theft of money from users' accounts C) Obtaining and using personal data without meaningful consent D) Publishing false statements about candidates Answer: C
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