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Cyberspace - opportunities and threats

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Course ID: WT-DKS-DMCS
Erasmus code / ISCED: 15.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0321) Journalism and reporting The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Cyberspace - opportunities and threats
Name in Polish: Cyberprzestrzeń - szanse i zagrożenia
Organizational unit: Faculty of Theology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 3.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: Polish
Subject level:

elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:

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Preliminary Requirements:

General knowledge of the Internet as a global system for connecting computers, also known as a network of networks.
Short description:

Students learn general knowledge about the history of the Internet, issues related to the challenges and threats on the Internet.

After completing the course, the student should: demonstrate knowledge of various phenomena / phenomena occurring on the Web, be able to describe and characterize them and analyze them in terms of communication and anthropology, acquire competences regarding their ethical evaluation, and know how and where to seek help and solving problems that the user of the Network may encounter.
Full description:

Lectures on the Web and various phenomena occurring in it, considered from the communicative, cultural and ethical perspective. The digital world constantly carries new challenges and threats. The Internet has changed our lifestyle on all its levels. Apart from the fact that it facilitates communication at all its levels and mediates various spheres of life, it also carries certain specific threats. We are often unaware of these dangers or simply underestimated, and their effects are sometimes tragic - from addiction to self-destruction.

The aim of the course is to present and analyze the phenomena that already exist on the Web, but also the risks and addictions.

Main issues:

1. Introduction - a short history of the Web

2. Internet and lifestyle

3. Communities: communities on the web, social media, digital natives and digital migrants.

4. Online identity

5. Web as a place of emotions (mourning, anger, loneliness and love on the Internet), self-expression, communication and entertainment platform.

6. Self-creation in the Web (hyper-presence)

7. Network religion and religion on the internet

8. Network games

9. Internet sects

10. Digital children - the phenomenon, conditions, key problems

11. Suicide on the Web

12. Internet threats and addictions (fake news, deep fake, addiction and dependence, chat, pornography, voyeurism, dissociative trans in front of the monitor, emotional addictions and others)

13. Diagnostic tools and criteria for new addictions and methods of their treatment.

14. Presentation of selected research on the Web and its threats

15. Netiquette

Bibliography:

M. Trusewicz-Pasikowska, Tożsamość wirtualna – droga do wyzwolenia czy zniewolenia?, [w:] A. Kampka, K. Masłowska, A. Pawłowska (red.), Co nas wyzwala, co nas zniewala? Młodzi o wolności, Warszawa 2018, s. 171–185.

M. Rowicka, E-uzależnienia. Teoria, profilaktyka, terapia, Warszawa 2018.

C. Guerreschi, Nowe uzaleznienia, Kraków 2006.

K. Bąkowicz, Wprowadzenie do definicji i klasyfikacji zjawiska fake newsa, „Studia Medioznawcze” 2019, nr 3, s. 281–289.

Fake newsy w oczach dziennikarzy, [Warszawa 2020], https://biuroprasowe.orange.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Raport-fake-newsy-ost.pdf

D. Guzek, Mediatyzacja religii. Analiza pojęcia, [w:] E. Borkowska, A. Pogorzelska-Kliks, B. Wojewoda (red.), Przestrzenie komunikacji. Technika, język, kultura, Gliwice 2015, s. 69–78

Raport GUS, Wyznania religijne w Polsce w latach 2015-2018, Warszawa 2019.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Lectures are obligatory and require not only passive participation in them, but also the student's involvement in exercises and team work, which are planned in the exercise cycle.

Knowledge of the issues raised during the classes, creativity during exercises and the ability to discuss will be assessed.

Classes concluded with an oral exam in a stationary or online form.

Classes in period "Summer semester 2021/22" (past)

Time span: 2022-02-01 - 2022-06-30
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Classes, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: Krzysztof Stępniak
Group instructors: Krzysztof Stępniak
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - graded credit
Classes - graded credit
Type of subject:

obligatory
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:

(in Polish) nie dotyczy
Short description:

Exercises on issues related to cyberspace are used to get acquainted with the short history of the internet as a global network in which new challenges and threats appear for modern people. The web can be an excellent tool used for various purposes related to social communication, media, building relationships, network communities, but also carries specific risks and even new addictions. Students learn more about issues that may seemingly be known to them or even used by them from the scientific and research point of view.
Full description:

The aim of the course is to present and analyze the phenomena that already exist on the Web, but also the risks and addictions that they bring.

Main issues:

1. Introduction - a short history of the Web

2. Internet and lifestyle

3. Communities: communities on the web, social media, digital natives and digital migrants.

4. Online identity

5. Web as a place of emotions (mourning, anger, loneliness and love on the Internet), self-expression, communication and entertainment platform.

6. Self-creation in the Web (hyper-presence)

7. Network religion and religion on the internet

8. Network games

9. Internet sects

10. Digital children - the phenomenon, conditions, key problems

11. Suicide on the Web

12. Internet threats and addictions (fake news, deep fake, addiction and dependence, chat, pornography, voyeurism, dissociative trans in front of the monitor, emotional addictions and others)

13. Diagnostic tools and criteria for new addictions and methods of their treatment.

14. Presentation of selected research on the Web and its threats

15. Netiquette
Bibliography:

M. Trusewicz-Pasikowska, Tożsamość wirtualna – droga do wyzwolenia czy zniewolenia?, [w:] A. Kampka, K. Masłowska, A. Pawłowska (red.), Co nas wyzwala, co nas zniewala? Młodzi o wolności, Warszawa 2018, s. 171–185.

M. Rowicka, E-uzależnienia. Teoria, profilaktyka, terapia, Warszawa 2018.

C. Guerreschi, Nowe uzaleznienia, Kraków 2006.

K. Bąkowicz, Wprowadzenie do definicji i klasyfikacji zjawiska fake newsa, „Studia Medioznawcze” 2019, nr 3, s. 281–289.

Fake newsy w oczach dziennikarzy, [Warszawa 2020], https://biuroprasowe.orange.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Raport-fake-newsy-ost.pdf

D. Guzek, Mediatyzacja religii. Analiza pojęcia, [w:] E. Borkowska, A. Pogorzelska-Kliks, B. Wojewoda (red.), Przestrzenie komunikacji. Technika, język, kultura, Gliwice 2015, s. 69–78

Raport GUS, Wyznania religijne w Polsce w latach 2015-2018, Warszawa 2019.
Wymagania wstępne: (in Polish)

W związku z pandemią mogą wystąpić trudności z planowanymi zajęciami ćwiczeniowymi w mniejszych grupach podczas zajęć czy też przygotowaniem prezentacji grupowych. Wówczas zajęcia będą miały formułę zbliżoną do wykładu uzupełnionego dyskusją, burzą mózgów i innymi technikami projekcyjnymi.

Classes in period "Summer semester 2022/23" (past)

Time span: 2023-02-01 - 2023-06-30
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Classes, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: Krzysztof Stępniak
Group instructors: Krzysztof Stępniak
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - graded credit
Classes - graded credit
Type of subject:

obligatory
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:

(in Polish) nie dotyczy
Short description:

Classes in the form of exercises begin with a discussion on the history of the Web from its inception to development in the 21st century. The Internet is today a tool used by users of the global world. However, this tool brings with it challenges and threats that will become the subject of discussion, presentation of opinions and knowledge on this subject for both the teacher and the participants of the classes.

Starting from the issue of the Internet community, issues such as online identity, addictions and threats, online emotions and feelings, online religion and online religion, fake news, netiquette will be addressed.

After completing the course, the student should: demonstrate knowledge of various phenomena/phenomena occurring on the Web, be able to describe and characterize them and analyze them in terms of communication and anthropology, acquire competences regarding their ethical evaluation, and also know how and where to seek h
Full description:

Classes devoted to the Web and various phenomena occurring in it, considered from the perspective of communication, culture and ethics. The digital world brings new challenges and threats. The Internet has changed our lifestyle on all levels. Apart from the fact that it facilitates communication on all its levels and causes mediation of various spheres of life, it also carries certain specific threats. We are often unaware of these threats or simply underestimate them, and their effects are sometimes tragic - from addiction to self-destruction.

The aim of the classes is to present and analyze phenomena already existing on the Web, but also threats and addictions.

Main issues:

1. Introduction - a brief history of the Web

2. Internet and lifestyle

3. Communities: cyber communities, social media, digital natives and digital migrants.

4. Online identity

5. The web as a place of emotions (mourning, anger, loneliness and love on the Internet), self-expression, communication and entertainment platform.

6. Self-creation on the Web (hyperpresence)

7. Online religion and online religion

8. Online games

9. Sects on the Internet

10. Digital children - phenomenon, conditions, key problems

11. Suicide on the Web

12. Internet threats and addictions (fake news, deep fake, addiction and dependence, chat, pornography, voyeurism, dissociative trance in front of the monitor, emotional addictions and others)

13. Diagnostic tools and criteria for new addictions and methods of their treatment.

14. Presentation of selected research on the Web and its threats

15. Netiquette
Bibliography:

M. Trusewicz-Pasikowska, Tożsamość wirtualna – droga do wyzwolenia czy zniewolenia?, [w:] A. Kampka, K. Masłowska, A. Pawłowska (red.), Co nas wyzwala, co nas zniewala? Młodzi o wolności, Warszawa 2018, s. 171–185.

M. Rowicka, E-uzależnienia. Teoria, profilaktyka, terapia, Warszawa 2018.

C. Guerreschi, Nowe uzaleznienia, Kraków 2006.

K. Bąkowicz, Wprowadzenie do definicji i klasyfikacji zjawiska fake newsa, „Studia Medioznawcze” 2019, nr 3, s. 281–289.

Fake newsy w oczach dziennikarzy, [Warszawa 2020], https://biuroprasowe.orange.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Raport-fake-newsy-ost.pdf

D. Guzek, Mediatyzacja religii. Analiza pojęcia, [w:] E. Borkowska, A. Pogorzelska-Kliks, B. Wojewoda (red.), Przestrzenie komunikacji. Technika, język, kultura, Gliwice 2015, s. 69–78

Raport GUS, Wyznania religijne w Polsce w latach 2015-2018, Warszawa 2019.

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span: 2024-02-15 - 2024-06-30
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Classes, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: Bartłomiej Machnik
Group instructors: Bartłomiej Machnik
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - graded credit
Classes - graded credit
Type of subject:

obligatory
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:

(in Polish) nie dotyczy
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