Digital Sociology - JSB532

• Anglický název: Digital Sociology
• Zajišťuje: Katedra sociologie (23-KS)
• Fakulta: Fakulta sociálních věd
• Platnost: od 2017 do 2017
• Semestr: letní
• E-Kredity: 7
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: letní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: letní s.:1/1, Zk [HT]
• Počet míst: neomezen / neomezen (neurčen)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: vyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu
• Garant: doc. PhDr. Dino Numerato, Ph.D.
• Vyučující: doc. PhDr. Dino Numerato, Ph.D.; Mgr. Jakub Sedláček, Ph.D.; Mgr. Martin Tremčinský, Ph.D.
• Třída: Courses for incoming students
• Prerekvizity : JSB008

Anotace

Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Dino Numerato, Ph.D. (23.02.2020)

The course will provide an introduction to the sociological understanding of how information and communication technologies shape contemporary societies. The course will focus on the social, cultural, political and economic implications of the diffusion of digital media in late modernity. The first lectures will provide an overview of the historical development of digital media and will present the main theories of digital media in contemporary societies. A focus will be given to the politics of social media as well as to the politics through social media. Particular attention will be given to the relationship between digital media social stratification, identity, body, politics, health, labour and the digital economy. Last but not the last, attention is given to the material aspects of digital infrastructures, related to the functioning of digitalized societies and interconnected invisible environmental externalities.

Podmínky zakončení předmětu

Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Dino Numerato, Ph.D. (03.02.2021)

Type of Completion: Exam (Zk) (based on assessment methods) 

Assessment methods: 

1) developing questions (formulation of 2 questions for 5 out of 10 compulsory texts (1 point max for each question) - 10 points max 

2) final test (A, B, C, D - one choice) - based on lectures and compulsory literature - 20 points max

3) final essay outline 1 (4 points max) and 2 (10 points max) - 14 points max 

4) final essay (around 2000 words long (+-10%)) - 56 points max 

 

IMPORTANT: To pass the Final Exam, the essay has to be evaluated with at least 29 points.

(The final essay has to include references to at least three academic articles on digital cultures not listed among compulsory readings)

 The tasks will be specified based on the number of students enrolled in the course during the registration period.

  

Grading System 

91 - 100 points: A

81 -  90 points: B

71 - 80 points: C

61 - 70 points: D

51 - 60 points: E

less than 51 points: F

 

Literatura

Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Dino Numerato, Ph.D. (11.02.2021)

Compulsory readings (the final list will be published in Moodle on 17 Feb)

 

Hogan, B. (2010) The presentation of self in the age of social media: distinguishing performances and exhibitions online. Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 30(6), 377-386.

Pybus, J., Coté, M., & Blanke, T. (2015). Hacking the social life of Big Data. Big Data & Society, 2(2): 26-33.

Lupač, P. (2018). Digital Divide Research. In Beyond the Digital Divide: Contextualizing the Information Society. Emerald Publishing Limited. (a selected chapter)

Lupton, D. (2013). The digitally engaged patient: Self-monitoring and self-care in the digital health era. Social Theory & Health, 11(3): 256–270.

Sunstein, C.R. (2017). #Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media. Princeton: Princeton University Press. (a selected chapter)

Helland, C. “(2016). Digital Religion”, pp. 177-196 in D. Yamane (ed.), Handbook of Religion and Society, Cham: Springer.

Corradi, F., & Höfner, P. (2018). The disenchantment of Bitcoin: unveiling the myth of a digital currency. International Review of Sociology, 28(1), 193-207.

Schor, J. B., & Attwood‐Charles, W. (2017). The “sharing” economy: labor, inequality, and social connection on for‐profit platforms. Sociology Compass, 11(8), e12493.

Halloy, J. (2018). "Sustainability of Living Machines", in Prescott, T. J., Lepora, N. & Verschure, P.F.M.J., (Eds.), Living Machines, Oxford, Oxford University Press, pp. 610-618.

Latour, B. (2007). Can We Get Our Materialism Back, Please? ISIS. A Journal of the History of Science Society, 98 (1): 138-142.

Hutchings, T. (2011). Contemporary religious community and the online church. Information, Communication & Society, 14(8), 1118-1135.

Coco, A. (2008). Pagans online and offline: locating community in post-modern times, Sociological Spectrum, 28(5): 510-530.

 

 

 

Recommended literature

Barassi, V. (2019). Datafied Citizens in the Age of Coerced Digital Participation. Sociological Research Online, 24(3), 414-429.

Fisher, E. and Fuchs, C. (eds.) 2015. Reconsidering value and labour in the digital age. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Gane, N., & Beer, D. (2008). New media: The key concepts. Oxford: Berg

Kelty, C. (2008). Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Lupton, Deborah (2013) Digital Sociology. London: Routledge.

Marres, N. (2017). Digital sociology: The reinvention of social research. London: John Wiley & Sons.

Miller, V. (2011). Understanding digital culture. London: SAGE Publications.

Orton-Johnson, K. and N. Prior (Eds) (2013) Critical Perspectives in Digital Sociology, Palgrave MacMillan, Basingstoke.

Sylabus

Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Dino Numerato, Ph.D. (17.02.2021)

Course schedule

(Indicative syllabus: the exact dates of lectures will be given on Moodle: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=5150, on 17 February 2021)

 

Week 1 (17 February, Lecture 1): Course introduction, Identities and Digital Cultures in Everyday Life

Week 2 (24 February, Lecture 2): Making Sense of Big Data 

Week 3 (3 March, Lecture 3): Digital Health

Week 4 (10 March, Lecture 4): Political Participation Online

Week 5 (17 March, Lecture 5): Digital Divide – Petr Lupač, a guest lecture

 Week 6 (24 March, Lecture 6): Religion Online – Alessandro Testa, a guest lecture

Week 7 (31 March, Lecture 7): Digital Currencies – Martin Tremčinský, a guest lecture

Week 8 (7 April, Seminar 1): Discussing final essay first ideas 1

Week 9 (14 April, Lecture 8): Sharing Economy and Digital Labour – Tereza Svobodová, a guest lecture

Week 10 (21 April, Lecture 9): The materiality of digital infrastructure  – Julien Wacquez, a guest lecture

Week 11 (28 April, Lecture 10): Digital Media and Religious Communities – Alessandro Testa, a guest lecture

Week 12 (5 May, Seminar 2): Discussing final essay outlines

Week 13 (12 May): Rector’s Day