1. General information
Course:
DIGITAL CULTURE
Code:
16335
Type:
ELECTIVE
ECTS credits:
6
Degree:
377 - UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMME IN JOURNALISM
Academic year:
2021-22
Center:
12 - FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
Group(s):
30
Year:
4
Duration:
C2
Main language:
Spanish
Second language:
English
Use of additional languages:
English Friendly:
Y
Web site:
Bilingual:
N
Lecturer:
VANESA SAIZ ECHEZARRETA
- Group(s):
30
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
2.09
DPTO. EN CONSTITUCIÓN
vanesa.saiz@uclm.es
2. Pre-Requisites
Not established
3. Justification in the curriculum, relation to other subjects and to the profession
Not established
4. Degree competences achieved in this course
| Course competences | |
|---|---|
| Code | Description |
| E02 | Capacity and ability to fluently and effectively express and communicate both orally and in writing, by adequately using the most appropriate linguistic and literary resources to each communication medium. |
| E10 | Capacity and ability to design formal and aesthetic elements for written, graphic, audiovisual and digital media, as well as to use IT techniques for representation and conveyance of facts and data via infographic systems |
| E11 | Capacity and ability to use Information and Communication technologies and techniques in the different media or in combined and interactive media (multimedia) systems. |
| E12 | Capacity and ability to undertake core journalistic tasks in different subject areas, applying journalistic genres and procedures. |
| E13 | Capacity for devising, planning and executing Information or Communication projects. |
| E14 | Capacity to experiment and innovate by learning and using techniques and methods applied to improvement of quality and self-assessment processes. Develop capacity for autonomous learning, adaptation to change and creativity-driven innovation. |
| E17 | Knowledge of current sciences, capacity to analyse their informative and communicative processing and ability to convey such knowledge and progress to a vast non-specialised public in an understandable and efficient manner. |
| E18 | Egalitarian awareness with regards to individuals and peoples, respect for international human rights, and knowledge of the great cultural or civilising trends related to individual and collective fundamental values. |
| G01 | B1 level of a second foreign language, as per the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages |
| G02 | Knowledge about Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). |
| G03 | Adequate oral and written communication skills. |
| G04 | Ethical commitment and professional ethics. |
| G06 | Apply and transmit journalistic knowledge in an understandable, professional and ethical manner to citizens. |
| G10 | Learn techniques to search, identify, select and compile information, as well as the methods needed to critically analyse any type of sources, documents and facts, both to adequately process and transform them into significant information by using the relevant informative and communicative language. |
5. Objectives or Learning Outcomes
| Course learning outcomes | |
|---|---|
| Not established. | |
| Additional outcomes | |
| Description | |
| Recognize the main conceptual approaches about digital cultures and technology Describe the sociotechnical dimensions and mechanisms for the production of discourses and representations in digital environments Discuss the processes of socialization and the emerging forms of collective action in relationship with technology Design a collaborative project oriented by the values of the pro-common culture Appreciate and evaluate the self-learning process developed in an uncertainty context, as well as the collaborative work. |
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6. Units / Contents
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Unit 1: Digital cultures conceptualization
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Unit 1.1: Software culture and big data
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Unit 1.2: Virtual communities and digital identities
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Unit 2: Sociology of technology and the Internet
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Unit 2.1: Critical review of the concept of technology the end of technological determinism
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Unit 2.2: Approach to the actor-network theory: concept of shared agency
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Unit 2.3: Sociopolitical and cultural dimensions of technology: do artifacts have politics?
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Unit 3: Technologic socialization
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Unit 3.1: Remediation and social practices: bodies, affects and subjectivity
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Unit 3.2: Public sphere and digital citizenship:new forms of collective action
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Unit 3.3:
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Unit 4: Social journalism: commitment and participation in communities
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Unit 4.1: Journalism as mediation: the pro-common perspective
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Unit 4.2: Listening techniques and evaluation of the communicative needs of a community
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7. Activities, Units/Modules and Methodology
| Training Activity | Methodology | Related Competences (only degrees before RD 822/2021) | ECTS | Hours | As | Com | Description | |
| Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE] | Cooperative / Collaborative Learning | E02 E07 E18 G03 G04 | 1.12 | 28 | Y | Y | ||
| Class Attendance (practical) [ON-SITE] | Cooperative / Collaborative Learning | E02 E07 G02 G03 G04 | 1 | 25 | Y | N | ||
| Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE] | Debates | E07 E15 G02 | 1 | 25 | Y | N | ||
| Final test [ON-SITE] | Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles | E02 E07 G03 G04 | 0.2 | 5 | Y | Y | ||
| On-line debates and forums [OFF-SITE] | Online Forums | E02 E07 G02 G03 | 0.6 | 15 | N | N | ||
| Group tutoring sessions [ON-SITE] | Group tutoring sessions | E02 E07 E18 G03 G04 | 0.2 | 5 | N | N | ||
| Analysis of articles and reviews [OFF-SITE] | Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles | E05 E15 G01 G02 | 0.8 | 20 | N | N | ||
| Study and Exam Preparation [OFF-SITE] | Self-study | E05 E15 G01 G02 | 1.08 | 27 | N | N | ||
| Total: | 6 | 150 | ||||||
| Total credits of in-class work: 2.4 | Total class time hours: 60 | |||||||
| Total credits of out of class work: 3.6 | Total hours of out of class work: 90 | |||||||
As: Assessable training activity Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming (It will be essential to overcome both continuous and non-continuous assessment).
8. Evaluation criteria and Grading System
| Evaluation System | Continuous assessment | Non-continuous evaluation * | Description |
| Practicum and practical activities reports assessment | 70.00% | 50.00% | This section includes weekly reading tests, individual exercises and group work. The percentage of each practice will be published on the virtual campus. |
| Final test | 30.00% | 50.00% | Individual theoritical essay. |
| Total: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
According to art. 4 of the UCLM Student Evaluation Regulations, it must be provided to students who cannot regularly attend face-to-face training activities the passing of the subject, having the right (art. 12.2) to be globally graded, in 2 annual calls per subject , an ordinary and an extraordinary one (evaluating 100% of the competences).
Evaluation criteria for the final exam:
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Continuous assessment:To be able to pass the subject the minimum score in each of the sections (practices, assistance and theoretical essay) must be 4 out of 10 points.
In this subject will be applied the evaluation criteria of the Degree in Journalism and those of the UCLM.
Class attendance is required (at least 80% of the sessions).
In case any section has been failed with less than a score of 4, the mathematical average wouldn¿t be calculated, and the score of the subject will be 4,9.
Students who can not attend classes regularly will be able to pass the course by presenting a project work which will be developed with supervision. -
Non-continuous evaluation:Evaluation criteria not defined
Specifications for the resit/retake exam:
Only the failed section must be retaken.
Specifications for the second resit / retake exam:
Evaluation criteria not defined
9. Assignments, course calendar and important dates
| Not related to the syllabus/contents | |
|---|---|
| Hours | hours |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Cooperative / Collaborative Learning] | 28 |
| Final test [PRESENCIAL][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 5 |
| On-line debates and forums [AUTÓNOMA][Online Forums] | 15 |
| Group tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions] | 5 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 27 |
| Unit 1 (de 4): Digital cultures conceptualization | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Cooperative / Collaborative Learning] | 7 |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Debates] | 7 |
| Analysis of articles and reviews [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 5 |
| Unit 2 (de 4): Sociology of technology and the Internet | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Cooperative / Collaborative Learning] | 6 |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Debates] | 6 |
| Analysis of articles and reviews [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 5 |
| Unit 3 (de 4): Technologic socialization | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Cooperative / Collaborative Learning] | 6 |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Debates] | 6 |
| Analysis of articles and reviews [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 5 |
| Unit 4 (de 4): Social journalism: commitment and participation in communities | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Cooperative / Collaborative Learning] | 6 |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Debates] | 6 |
| Analysis of articles and reviews [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 5 |
| Global activity | |
|---|---|
| Activities | hours |
10. Bibliography and Sources
| Author(s) | Title | Book/Journal | Citv | Publishing house | ISBN | Year | Description | Link | Catálogo biblioteca |
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| Aibar, E. | La vida social de las máquinas: orígenes, desarrollo y perspectivas actuales en la sociología de la tecnología | 1996 | |||||||
| Bolter, David; Grusin, Richard | Inmediatez, hipermediación, remediación | CIC Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación | 2011 | https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CIYC/article/view/36986 | |||||
| Cassin, Barbara and Syrotinski, Michael | Google me | Fordham University Press | https://www.fordhampress.com/9780823278077/google-me/ | ||||||
| Computer History Museum | Artificial Intelligence | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGZx5GAUPys&list=PLQsxaNhYv8dbK3yMHXk35jtZFdu7o46gu&index=5 | |||||||
| De Rivera, Javier | Guía para entender y combatir el capitalismo digital | Papeles de relaciones ecosociales y cambio social, 144. | 2018 | http://javierderivera.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ESP-entenderyCombatirCapitalismodigital-J.Rivera.pdf | |||||
| De Rivera, Javier y Rendueles, Cesar | Digitalización y cambio social. De las expectativas apocalípticas a la tecnopolítica del presente | Cuaderno de Relaciones Laborales, Vol. 37 | 2019 | https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CRLA/article/view/66041 | |||||
| Denning, Peter J | Great Principles of Computing | 2008 | https://core.ac.uk/reader/36728094 | ||||||
| Evgeny Morozov | La locura del solucionismo tecnológico | Madrid | Katz Editores | 2015 | https://books.google.es/books?id=tJnNCgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=evgeny+morozov&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwsOPKnvjiAhV0sHEKHQnLAGYQ6AEIMjAB#v=onepage&q=evgeny%20morozov&f=false | ||||
| Evgeny Morozov | Capitalismo Big Tech. ¿Welfare o neofeudalismo digital? | Enclave de libros | 2018 | ||||||
| Finn, Ed. | What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing | MIT | 2017 | ||||||
| Gillmor, Dan | Mediaactive. Creative Commons | 2010 | http://mediactive.com/ | ||||||
| Jeff Jarvis | Geeks Bearing Gifts: Imagining New Futures for News | CUNY Journalism Press | 2014 | ||||||
| Kelty, CM | Two Bits. La trascendencia cultural del software libre | https://n-1.cc/file/download/116296 | |||||||
| Lasen, A. y Casado, E. | Mediaciones tecnológicas: cuerpos, afectos y subjetividades | Madrid | 9788474766585 | 2014 | |||||
| Latour, Bruno | Reensamblar lo social : una introducción a la teoría del act | Manantial, | 978-987-500-114-5 | 2008 |
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| Latour, Bruno | Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory | Oxford | Oxford University Press | 2005 | https://books.google.es/books?id=AbQSDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Bruno+Latour%22&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiY_biA0JvcAhUlL8AKHTaXChoQ6AEILDAB#v=onepage&q&f=false | ||||
| Lovink y San Vicente | Geert Lovink y el abismo de las redes sociales. Entrevista | La Grieta | http://lagrietaonline.com/saberes-disidentes-geert-lovink-y-el-abismo-de-las-redes-sociales/ | ||||||
| Lovink, Geert | Social Media Abyss: Critical Internet Cultures and the Force of Negation | Cambridge | Polity Press | 2016 | https://books.google.es/books?hl=es&lr=&id=zpNNDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP2&dq=geert+lovink&ots=DObGEkU4Cm&sig=13Cs2i_I8vNvixnenAws9HyaWGM&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=geert%20lovink&f=false | ||||
| Manovich, L | Software takes comand | 2008 | http://black2.fri.uni-lj.si/humbug/files/doktorat-vaupotic/zotero/storage/D22GEWS3/manovich_softbook_11_20_2008.pdf | ||||||
| Newport, Cal | Quit social media | 2019 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E7hkPZ-HTk | ||||||
| Peter J. Denning and Craig H. Martell | Great Principles of Computing | MIT Press | 2015 | ||||||
| Rendueles, Cesar | Sociofobia. El cambio político en la era de la utopía digital | Capitán Swing | 2013 | ||||||
| Sassen, Saskia | Expulsiones : brutalidad y complejidad en la economía global | Katz, | 978-987-1566-95-2 (A | 2015 |
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| Serrano, Ana (Ed.) | Between the Public and Private in Mobile Communication | Oxford | Routledge | 2017 | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781315399300 | ||||
| Tufekci, Zeynep | Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest | Yale University Press | 2017 | ||||||
| Turkle, Sherry | Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other | 2012 | |||||||
| Woolgar, Steve | Configuring the user: the case of usability trials | The Sociological Review 38, no. 1 | 1990 |