The Challenges of ICT's : Privacy, Democracy, Truth
Etablissement : Faculté de Gestion, Economie & Sciences Licences
Langue : Anglais
Formation(s) dans laquelle/lesquelles le cours apparait :
- Aucune formation en lien avec ce cours.
Période : S5
All students are required to present either an oral presentation or a written report. Possible topics are listed below.
We live in an interconnected world made possible by the advent and development of information-communication-technologies. The scope of ICT’s is almost limitless. Almost every sphere of human activity can include ICTs. For example, ICTs and education, ICTs and commerce, ICTs and development, ICTs and democracy, ICTs and populism, etc. ICTs have also created a whole sphere of augmented reality which is only beginning to be utilized.
There is a downside of ICTs also cannot be ignored which would include a gig economy, increased working hours, invasions of privacy, addiction, and the spread of disinformation, misinformation and mal-information.
Finally, if you were born between 1995 and 2012 you are part of what has been called the I-generation. Basically, this means you were born with an I-phone in your hands. The technology is a shaping social force with a variety of consequences.
This course is not about computer programming or how to write code, although we should be able to distinguish “robust” programming. Our concentration will be on applications and uses and misuses of ICTs.
As briefly mentioned above, the range of topics is almost infinite.
The Challenge of ICTs is a lecture and discussion course. Attendance is critical.
All readings are embedded in the syllabus and can be found on-line.
Weekly Topics- Readings and Discussion
Week 1
The scope of ICTs – statistics on usage worldwide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkcKaNqfykg
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-the-social-media-universe-in-2020/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCE5PgMUskU
https://www.budde.com.au/Research/Global-Digital-Economy-The-Political-and-Economic-Fallout
https://www.statista.com/statistics/269329/penetration-rate-of-the-internet-by-region/
Towards cyper-dystopia or cyber-utopia
https://rm.coe.int/information-disorder-report-november-2017/1680764666
Week 2
The post-truth age and ICTs
https://ethicaljournalismnetwork.org/tag/fake-news
ICTs and political messaging
Fake news.
Taking a “fake news” quiz
See: The Institute for Strategic Dialogue – Detecting Disinformation
Week 3
The IOT (The Internet of Things) – a look at product development with a focus on the car industry and the health sector.
Week 4
Hashtag movements
#Metoo
#TakeAKnee
Week 5
ICTs and development
https://www.itu.int/en/sustainable-world/Pages/default.aspx
Week 6
E-commerce
https://www.shopify.com/enterprise/global-ecommerce-statistics
Week 7
The use and misuse of big Data
Week 8
Oral Presentations
Week 9
25/November
Oral Presentations
Possible oral presentation topics
Elon Musk and brain machine interface
The Great Firewall of China
Authoritarians and the Internet
ICT and the automobile
Internet activism – hastag movements
Simulation: Build an e-commerce site
https://ecommerceguide.com/guides/starting-your-commerce-store/
ICTs and Conflict: Regulating Mal-information. Examining hate speech laws.
Africa and ICTs
E-Banking
Mobile Phone penetration
Facebook, Twitter et al. and Censorship
The debate over Tik-Tok and/or Huawei
Augmented Reality
Making money from the Youtube – influencers and marketing
Cryptocurrency
