306019 (v.1) Internet Studies 317 - New Virtual Collectives

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Area:	Department of Media and Information
Contact Hours:	2.0
Credits:	25.0
Seminar:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	301052 (v.3) Internet Studies 103 - Socio-Technological Introduction or any previous version
The Internet is often presented as a new frontier - as a territory to be conquered, explored, and settled. This unit examines the changing terrain of social networks and explores the possibilities and practices of virtual collectives. Topics include - virtual nations, diasporic futures, virtual, ethnicities, 'soft cities', and electronic agoras.