Workshop Prague-Constance (Konstanz) Study Days - JSB157

• Anglický název: Climate Change Challenges: Workshop Prague-Constance (Konstanz) Study Days on Various Aspects of Society, Politics, and Policy in the Digital Age
• Zajišťuje: Katedra veřejné a sociální politiky (23-KVSP)
• Fakulta: Fakulta sociálních věd
• Platnost: od 2021
• Semestr: zimní
• E-Kredity: 7
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: zimní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: zimní s.:0/2 [hodiny/semestr]
• Počet míst: neurčen / neurčen (6)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst: ne
• Stav předmětu: vyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Další informace: http://office hours: http://terms.fsv.cuni.cz
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu; při zápisu přednost, je-li ve stud. plánu
• Garant: PhDr. Vilém Novotný, Ph.D.
• Třída: Courses for incoming students

Anotace

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Vilém Novotný, Ph.D. (19.11.2021)

The workshop provides an excellent opportunity to gain an international academic experience. It aims at developing international academic cooperation between national communities and at enhancing students’ team work and international communication skills in academic area. It is designed to get students acquainted with work on particular issues related to the Internet and the policy process in the Czech Republic and Germany in an international team (Prague-Konstanz).
It is also appreciated as an excellent preparatory experience for your own study abroad (e.g., Erasmus+ etc.).
The workshop takes place in Praha and Konstanz and it is accompanied by the cultural programme related to the hosting place and organised by the hosting institution (UK FSV, Uni Konstanz).

Cíl předmětu

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Vilém Novotný, Ph.D. (02.02.2020)

The aim of the workshop is to get participants acquainted with essential international academic team work in comparative perspective. It should enhance their knowledge and skills in areas of research design, field research, comparative method, critical thinking, team work, presentation of their own opinion in academic discussion, linking theoretical findings and conceptualizations with current praxis in different empirical fields as well as work with resources, time and subject planning.

Literatura

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Vilém Novotný, Ph.D. (19.11.2021)

Calderaro, A. (2018). Social Media and Politics. In W. Outhwaite and S. Turner (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology, London: Sage Publications, pp. 781-796

Dolata, U., and Schrape, J.F. (2016), Masses, Crowds, Communities, Movements: Collective Action in the Internet Age. Social Movement Studies, 15:1, 1-18.

Herweg, N., Zahariadis, N., and Zohlnhöfer, R. (2017). The Multiple Streams Framework: Foundations, Refinements, and Empirical Applications. In C. M. Weible & P. A. Sabatier & (Eds.), Theories of the Policy Process (4th ed., pp. 17-53). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Krämer, B. (2017) Populist online practices: the function of the Internet in right-wing populism, Information, Communication & Society, 20:9, 1293-1309

Kreiss, Daniel (2016), Seizing the moment: The presidential campaigns’ use of Twitter during the 2012 electoral cycle. New media & Society, 18(8): 1473–1490

Merry, M. K. (2016), Constructing Policy Narratives in 140 Characters or Less: The Case of Gun Policy Organizations. Policy Studies Journal, 44: 373-395. doi:10.1111/psj.12142Other literature can be recommended according to specific interest by teachers.

Shanahan, E. A., Jones, M. D., McBeth Mark K. (2018). How to conduct a Narrative Policy Framework study, Social Science Journal

Schneider, A. L., Ingram, H.  and deLeon, P. (2014). Democratic Policy Design: Social Construction of Target Populations. In P. A. Sabatier & C. M. Weible (Eds.), Theories of the Policy Process (3rd ed., pp. 105-150). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Požadavky ke zkoušce

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Vilém Novotný, Ph.D. (02.02.2020)

The credits will be granted after fulfilling following conditions (plagiarism and other misconducts against academic and/or good manners will prevent passing the course):
1) attendance (100 %)
2) active participation in discussions                     10 points
3) team seminar paper (15-20 pages = 27.000-36.000 signs with blanks)     80 points
4) final presentation of the team seminar paper                 10 points
Total                                    100 points

Grading Scale (max. 100 points)
A    91-100 points
B    81-90 points
C     71-80 points
D    61-70 points
E    51-60 points
F    till 50 points

Important dates:
January 8, 2019, 12.30-13.30 – introductory session (Konstanz group)
February 21, 2020, 9.30-10.50 – introductory session, Jinonice, J3019 (Prague group)
till March 15, 2019  – deadline Tasks for the first session:
1. Please prepare one short presentation and one short co-presentation of texts from obligatory literature (max. 4 min (cca 1 page) – 1 text on the policy process and 1 text on the Internet), with focus on: 1. Topic of the text, 2. Main research question(s), 3. Main results, or hypotheses)
Otherwise,  read please all articles in the obligatory literature.
March 15-20, 2020 – Praha week
Week April 14-17, 2020 – the 1st interim meeting (Konstanz group (t.b.a) and Prague group, t.b.a.)
till April 30, 2020 – deadline for a short report on team seminar work progress + theoretical frame of the paper (3-5 pages)
Week May 4-7, 2020 – the 2nd interim meeting (Konstanz group (t.b.a.) and Prague group, t.b.a.)
till May 22, 2019 – deadline for a draft of team research design + presentation
May 24-30, 2020 – Konstanz week
August 31, 2020 – deadline for the team seminar papers

Vstupní požadavky

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Vilém Novotný, Ph.D. (02.02.2020)

This workshop is primarily open to all BA and MA students of the ISS UK FSV as well as PVP program who are interested in this kind of experience. The number of the participants is limited to max. 6. In case of more than 6 applicants, the choice of participants will be based on their motivation, affiliation to the ISS, further foreign mobility potential, command of English; command of German as an advantage, higher semester of the study.
Working language is English.