Technological Development and the Challenges of Social Communication 2401-OG-EN-TDCSC

https://moodle.umk.pl/course/view.php?id=8453

1. Introduction
2. Social Communication - The Specificity of the Process
3. Is it The End of Television, Radio, and Press?
4. The Internet and Individualized Mass Communication
5. How Do We Communicate Online, and What Does it Mean?
6. Neo-propaganda, Disinformation, and Other Challenges to Communication
7. Affective Polarization - Consequences For Social Communication
8. How Does The World of Digital Communication Determine Our Political Choices?
9. Artificial Intelligence and Machine vs. Human Communication
10. Summary

Całkowity nakład pracy studenta

Contact hours with teacher: participation in lectures 20 hrs consultation 25 hrs Self-study hours: preparation for lectures 20 hrs preparation for test 20 hrs team working 20 hrs Altogether: 100 hrs (5 ECTS)

Efekty uczenia się - wiedza

Student W1: has knowledge of about the most important social processes and factors that determine social communication in the 21st century (K_W01) W2:knows the biggest challenges and problems of modern societies (K_W05)

Efekty uczenia się - umiejętności

Student U1: has the ability to has the ability to prepare a short presentation in English (K_U06) U2: can explain the specificity of contemporary challenges related to social communication (K_U07)

Efekty uczenia się - kompetencje społeczne

Student K1: understands the need for develop one's own communication skills in the face of the challenges discussed (K_K01, K_K02) K2: is aware of the opportunities and threats to the quality of social communication resulting from the development of communication technologies (K_K02)

Metody dydaktyczne

Expository teaching methods: description, discussion, presentation Exploratory teaching methods: classic problem-solving, discussion

Metody dydaktyczne podające

- wykład problemowy
- opis

Metody dydaktyczne poszukujące

- referatu
- stolików eksperckich

Metody dydaktyczne w kształceniu online

- metody rozwijające refleksyjne myślenie
- metody wymiany i dyskusji

Wymagania wstępne

Online course Microsoft Teams English skills: min. B1

Koordynatorzy przedmiotu

Barbara Brodzińska-Mirowska

Kryteria oceniania

Assessment methods
1. Attendance at classes - you can be absent twice without consequences.
Attendance within the limit: 50 points, 1 more absence 40 points, two more absences 30 points, more than 4 absences: 0 points

2. Preparing a short review of the selected reading material max. 50

3. Taking a short knowledge test on Moodle after each class
1 point for each passed Moodle test - Max 18.

max. 118.

118-98 pp.- 5
97-87pp -4,5
86-76pp - 4
75-70 pp- 3,5
69-60 - 3
less than 60 points - course failed

Literatura

William L. Benoit and Andrew C. Billings (2020). The Rise and Fall of Mass Communication. Peter Lang.
Bogusława Dobek Ostrowska, Jan Garlicky (ed.). (2013).Political Communication in the Era of New Technologies. Peter Lang.
Tauel Harper, (2011).Democracy in the age of new media. Peter Lang.
James W. Chesebro David T. McMahan Preston C. Russett (2014). Internet Communication, Peter Lang.
Russell Chun and Susan J. Drucker (eds.) (2020) Fake NewsReal Issues inModern Communication. Peter Lang.
Mary Beth Oliver Arthur A. Raney Jennings Bryant (2020).Media EffectAdvances in Theory and Research. Routledge.
Ann E. Feldman (2022). Building Communities of Trust Creative Work for Social Change Routledge.
Minh Hao Nguyen , Jonathan Gruber, Will Marler , Amanda Hunsaker, Jaelle Fuchs and Eszter Hargittai (2022). New Media and society. vol. 24(9).
Jess Hohenstein (et al.) (2023). Artificial intelligencein communication impactslanguage and social relationships
Khurram Baig (et.al.) ( 2024). Impact of AI on Communication Relationship and Social Dynamics: A qualitative Approach.
Leon Ciechanowski (et.al.). (2019). In the Shades of the Uncanny Valley: An Experimental Study of Human–Chatbot Interaction

Uwagi

W cyklu 2025/26L:

2. Preparing a short review of the selected reading material max. 50

3. Taking a short knowledge test on Moodle after each class
1 point for each passed Moodle test - Max 18.

max. 118.

118-98 pp.- 5
97-87pp -4,5
86-76pp - 4
75-70 pp- 3,5
69-60 - 3
less than 60 points - course failed

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