Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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Description This ten-credit core module examines the cutting edge themes and debates on digital international relations. It seeks to understand how digital technology and big data shape contemporary politics. In particular, the module explores themes such as digital contention and activism in democracies and authoritarian regimes, digital wars and peace-making diplomacy, as well as digital mediation, humanitarianism, peacekeeping and peacebuilding. The module draws on interdisciplinary scholarly debates on digital politics as well as provide most up to date examples from policy and practice. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Understand the evolution of international relations from analogue to digital mode 2. Develop a comprehensive understanding of key concepts and themes on digital IR 3. Learn a wide range of policy examples and practices pertaining to the digital IR 4. Make sense of the future intellectual directions and policy trends in world politics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Analogue versus Digital International RelationsTechnology and Big DataDigital ContentionDigital AuthoritarianismDigital WarDigital DiplomacyDigital MediationDigital HumanitarianismDigital PeacekeepingDigital PeacebuildingFuturing Peace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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