FIU School of Journalism & Mass Communication MMC 4302 Syllabus Spring 2016 Social Media and Globalization (3 Credits) Instructor: Class Location: Class Time: Office Location: Office Hours: Phone: E-mail:

David J. Park Glen Hubert Library, Room 260 11-12:15 ACII / 324 Tuesdays 1-3 pm 305-919-5662 [email protected]

Course Description Introduces globalization processes, social movements, new technologies, as well as law and regulation within digital communications, while exploring implications for access to information and freedom of expression on an international level. Prerequisites This is an advanced undergraduate level course. Prerequisites are required, please see FIU’s SJMC website for details. Course Objectives This course examines evolving relationships among new media technologies, globalization, social movements and power relations within the digital age. Notions of civic engagement, policy and governance will be discussed from a variety of viewpoints including those of lawyers, scholars, activists, artists, businesses and media theorists. The class will also provide context for contemporary social movements and their relationships with media by cultivating historical perspectives of pre-digital policies and precedents. This course requires students to discuss weekly assigned articles and presentations. In addition, each week a different student, or student group will be in charge of leading the discussion, which will entail discussing and critiquing the readings, while providing several questions for further discussion. Please note, this is a reading intensive course. In order for us to think, learn and write, we first have to read and be able to discuss and analyze ideas. If you don’t have time to read the articles it is recommended you take this class during another semester when you have more time. Student Learning Outcomes 1). Understand relevant concepts and apply theories to contemporary issues. 2). Demonstrate an understanding of professional ethical principles and work ethically in pursuit of truth, accuracy, fairness and diversity 3). Think critically, creatively and independently

4). Write correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate for the communications professions, audiences, and purposes they serve. 5). Broaden understanding of globalization processes and media policies. 6). Increase awareness about social, economic, political and cultural issues surrounding social movements in the digital age. 7). Think independently, creatively and critically. 8). Acquire a sense of agency. SJMC  DIVERSITY  STATEMENT The School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) fosters an environment of inclusivity and respect for diversity and multiculturalism. The SJMC educates students to embrace diversity and understand the root causes of discrimination, as well as social, ethnic, sexual, disability and gender-based exclusion.

Text & Readings You will need the following books: Gerbaudo, Paolo. (2012). Tweets and the streets: Social media and contemporary activism. London: Pluto Press. ISBN 978-0-7453-3248-2. | MacKinnon, R. (2012). Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-02442-1 Ellwood, W. (2010). The No-Nonsense Guide to Globalization. Oxford; UK: New Internationalist. ISBN 9781906523473 ** You’ll also need to access the course readings through FIU’s online services. You can access the readings here: https://fiu.blackboard.com/ . Please note that assigned readings must be done before the designated class. Follow the schedule and read ahead. The schedule is designed to aid you in completing the readings before the discussions occur. Communication with the Instructor It is University policy for faculty to communicate with students via FIU e-mail. Please check your email for communications from your instructor. If you use another e-mail provider, please link your FIU e-mail with your personal e-mail so communication is forwarded. Likewise, please communicate with your faculty on routine matters via e-mail. I should be able to get back to you within a 48 hour window. Also, in person during my office hours is my preferred mode of communication. If that can’t work for you, call me office during my office hours. Class Attendance and Participation Attendance and active participation are integral parts of any discussion-based course – they are also important parts of your grade, given the nature of the topics discussed and the methodology employed. You will be expected to attend the class regularly, participate in class discussions, and 2

prepare for class ahead of time. Your participation grade will be based on the frequency and the pertinence of what you say in relation to the scheduled topic. Every student should stay abreast of any changes to the schedule; absence from a prior class does not exempt anyone from this obligation. Again, it is expected that you will have read all assigned readings and will be familiar with the content details, even when you are not involved in leading a particular discussion. If you cannot hand in the assignments on the due dates, you will have to ask for permission to hand in the assignment before the due date if you want to get credit. You will have to ask permission at least one week in advance if this is possible. If this is granted by the professor, you will be expected to write a one page analysis for each reading missed. The professor will not accept anything after the due date unless the student has official documentation. For medical or personal emergencies when prior notification is impossible, documentation of the reason for the absence must be provided as soon as the student returns to the class in order for the instructor to consider excusing the absence. If you miss class and don’t have any official documentation, there is no need to discuss the absence with the professor. Assignments The assignments will consist of 4 short individual random essay or multiple choice format quizzes based on the assigned readings of the week. There are also 2 random group essay quizzes. Last you will also be asked to write a course paper/final exam at the end of the semester. THERE IS NO EXTRA-CREDIT FOR THIS CLASS. Grades Your final grade is based on the points you accumulate in several areas. The grades will be allocated as follows: Class Participation 10 points 1 course paper / final exam/ group project 20 points 4 random individual quizzes 40 points 2 random group quizzes 20 points 1 group peer review 10 points --------------------------------------------------------------------------Total 100 points The following grade scale will be used: A = 93-100 A= 90-92 B+ = 87-89 B = 83-86 B= 80-82 C = 70-79 F = 71 or below Important dates Jan 19 = last day to add, drop or swap a course without financial liability 3

Jan 20 = Spring payment due Feb 5 = last day to apply to graduation Departmental Writing Policy Good writing is vital to a career in Communications. Thus, all papers written outside of the classroom will first be graded for content. Following that, the paper will be reviewed for writing. While the first two “errors” will not impact the grade, and paper containing 3-5 errors will automatically lose 10 points (based on 100); any paper containing 6-8 errors will automatically lose 20 points (based on 100); any paper that contains 9-11 errors will automatically lose 0 points (based on 100); etc. Note: No late cases will be accepted. Don’t wait until the last minute to print and proof your work. Printer jams or computer problems are not considered an excuse. Papers are due at the start of class on the day of class. Ethical Conduct & Plagiarism Academic Honesty: Student must follow the Standards of Conduct described in the student handbook. (http://www.fiu.edu/~sccr/standards_of_conduct.htm). Students are expected to use all resources, including books, journals, and computers only in legal and authorized ways. Participants are expected to perform individual assignments without consulting each other. This practice “homogenizes” the thinking brought to the class, negatively impacting the discussion and our learning experience. Participants in this course are also reminded that materials may not be pasted or paraphrased from printed, electronic or any other sources without appropriate citations and credits. Failure to do so constitutes plagiarism and will result in penalties as set forth by University policies. Course Outline (Subject to change at instructor’s discretion) Week 1 - Globalization Tue Jan 12th: Course Introductions, Syllabus Etc. Thr Jan 14th: The No-Nonsense Guide to Globalization – Chapters 1-4 Week 2 – Globalization Tue Jan 19: No-Nonsense Guide to Globalization - Chapters 5-7 Thr Jan 21: Friedman, M. (1982). Introduction and (Chapter 1) The Relationship between Economic Freedom and Political Freedom. Capitalism and Freedom (University of Chicago Press, Chicago). Klein, N. (2007). Introduction: Blank is Beautiful. The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Metropolitan Books, New York). 4

Klein, N. (2007). The Other Doctor Shock (Chapter 2). The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Metropolitan Books, New York). Week 3 – Public Sphere, Privacy and Activism Tue Jan 26:

Sparks, C. (2005). Media and the Global Public Sphere: An Evaluative Approach (Chapter 2). Global Ativism Global Media (Pluto Press, London). Bennett, W. (2004). Communicating global activism: Strengths and vulnerabilities of networked politics (Chapter 6). Cyberprotest: New Media, Citizens, and Social movements (Routledge, London).

Thr Jan 28:

Splichal, S. (2009). “New Media, ‘Old’ Theories: Does the (National) Public Melt into the Air of Global Governance?” European Journal of Communication, 24 (4): 391-405. Malek, M. (2010). Cyber Disobedience: Weapons of Mass Media Destruction? (Chapter 24). Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age: The 2009 Presidential Election Uprising in Iran (Rowman & Littlefield, United Kingdom).

Week 4 – Public Sphere, Privacy and Activism Tue Feb 2:

Slobogin, C. (2011). Is the Fourth Amendment Relevant in a Technological Age? (Chapter 2). Constitution 3.0: Freedom and Technological Change (Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.). Wu, T. Is Filtering Censorship? (2011). The Second Free Speech Tradition (Chapter 6). Constitution 3.0: Freedom and Technological Change (Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.).

Thr Feb 4:

Rosen, J. (2011). The Deciders: Facebook, Google, and the Future of Privacy and Free Speech (Chapter 5). Constitution 3.0: Freedom and Technological Change (Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.). Fuchs, C. (2012). "The political economy of privacy on Facebook" 2011. Television & New Media, Television New Media March. vol. 13 no. 2 139159.

Week 5 – Social Movements, Media and Employment Tue Feb 9:

De la Llama, V., Trueba, I., Voges, C., Barreto C., Park, D. (2012) At Face(book) value: uses of Facebook in hiring processes and the role of identity in social networks. International Journal of Work Innovation. Vol 1, no. 1 114-136. 5

Rucht, D. (2004). The quadruple ‘A’: Media strategies of protest movements since the 1960s (Chapter 2). Cyberprotest: New Media, Citizens, and Social movements (Routledge, London). Thr Feb 11:

Rosenkrands, J. (2004). Politicizing homo economicus: Analysis of anticorporate websites (Chapter 3). Cyberprotest: New Media, Citizens, and Social movements (Routledge, London). Kahn, R. & Kellner, D. (2004). “New media and internet activism: from the ‘Battle of Seattle’ to blogging” 2004. New Media & Society, 6, 87–95.

Week 6 – Social Media and the Middle East Tue Feb 16:

Cottle, Simon. “Media and the Arab uprisings of 2011: Research Notes” 2011. Journalism, 12(5): 647–59. Hashem, M., Najjar, A. (2010). The Role and Impact of New Information Technology (NIT) Application in Disseminating News about the Recent Iran Presidential Election and Uprisings (Chapter 12). Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age: The 2009 Presidential Election Uprising in Iran (Rowman & Littlefield, United Kingdom). Fisher, A. (2010). Bullets with Butterfly Wings: Tweets, Protest Networks, and the Iranian Election (Chapter 10). 2010. Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age: The 2009 Presidential Election Uprising in Iran (Rowman & Littlefield, United Kingdom).

Thr Feb 18:

Parsi, T. Elliott, D., Disney, P. (2010). Silencing Iran’s Twitterati: How U.S. Sanctions Muzzile Iran’s Online Opposition (Chapter 15). Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age: The 2009 Presidential Election Uprising in Iran (Rowman & Littlefield, United Kingdom). Acuff, J. (2010). Social Networking Media and the Revolution That Wasn’t: A Realistic Assessment of the Revolutionary Situation in Iran (Chapter 20). Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age: The 2009 Presidential Election Uprising in Iran (Rowman & Littlefield, United Kingdom).

Week 7 – Digital Age Revolutions? Tue Feb 23: Pages 0-47 (introduction, chapter 1) Tweets and Streets Thr Feb 25: Pages 48-101 (chapter 2-3). Tweets and Streets Week 8 – New Media Technologies and Freedom of Expression & Tweets and the streets: Social media and contemporary activism 6

Tue March 1: Pages 102- 168 (chapters 4, 5 conclusion). Tweets and Streets Thr March 3: “Freedom of Expression” Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property – Documentary Film Week 9 – Internet, Empire and Journalism & Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom Tue March 8: The Internet and Capitalism II Empire of the Senseless? pp. 130-171. From Digital Disconnect (2013) by Robert W. McChesney. Journalism is dead! Long live journalism? pp. 172-215 From Digital Disconnect (2013) by Robert W. McChesney. Thr March 10: Guest Speaker Week 10 – SPRING BREAK Tue March 15: Spring Break Thr March 17: Spring Break Week 11 – Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom Tue March 22: Consent of the Networked: Preface - Chapter 2 Thr March 24: Chapters 3-4 Week 12 – Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom Tue March 29: Chapters 5-10 Thr March 31: Guest Speaker/Readings TBA Week 13 – Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom/Spreading the Issues – Group Projects Tue April 5: Chapters 11-14 (Consent of the Networked) Thr April 7: Conduct/Work on New Media Project Week 14 – Spreading the Issues – Group Projects Tue April 12: Conduct/Work on New Media Project Thr April 14: Plan and Work on Group New Media Project Week 15 7

Tue April 19: Plan and Work on Group New Media Project Tue April 21: Plan and Work on Group New Media Project Week 16 Tue April 26: DIGITAL STUDIES PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS/BLOCK PARTY Tue April 28: Class Presentations Week 17 May 2-7 Final Exam Week – Final Paper/Project/Exam Due Date to TBA.

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GROUP PEER EVALUATION Give a grade to the members of your group. I will average the amount of points given to each person in your group based on the numbers you provide. This is a confidential assignment. NAME OF GROUP:_________________________ Group Member’s Name

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