Course: Digital Citizenship

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Course title Digital Citizenship
Course code KMS/DEDCT
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 7
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Guzek Damian, DR HAB
  • Franc Jaroslav, doc. Mgr. Th.D.
  • Sedláková Renáta, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
This course focuses on creating awareness about digital rights, responsibilities, and ethics, aiming to equip students for the digital environment to become informed and safe participants in the online community. This course is to explore the theoretical foundations of digital communication and understand how digital and hybrid media theories interpret the historical and current roles of user-centric media. Moreover the course provides essential knowledge about the digital world and the consequences of the development of internet users' daily lives. This course aims to develop critical thinking and self-reflection skills among students in the digital environment, enabling them to become active, informed, and responsible participants in the online community. Content of the course: 1. Digital world sensitizing concepts. 2. Digital public sphere - online privacy and security. 3. Deep mediatization (changes in the dynamics of online world). 4. Digital identity (from "qualified self" to digital narcissism) - online footprint. 5. Digital citizenship 6. Digital Rights and Responsibilities 7. Big Data Sciencea. 8. Digital Religion. 9. Human-machine communication. 10. Research findings in the area of the digital world (netnography). 11. Algorythms and iterations. 12. Information literacy. 13. AI and its consequences

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
- Identify the key concepts of theories of digital citizenshop. - Recognize theoretical concepts and define their practical applications. - Interpret how theorists "see" the digital world. - Recognize how new forms of citizenshop impact our lives. - Discuss how the digital space impacts audiences, culture, politics and religion. - Illustrate an understanding and conceptualization of AI.
Understanding of the digital world and the theory which organizes the digital communication studies and scaffolding observation and interpretation.
Prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Recommended literature


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