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Module POL2119 for 2022/3
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL2119: Transformations of Social and Political Realities through Smartphones
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics.
Part 1 (weeks 2-6)
In part 1, we will look at central concepts for engaging with how smartphones transform our lives and societies, such democracy, privacy, gender, discrimination, and addiction.
Part 2 (weeks 7-11)
In part 2, you will apply the theories and concept studied in part 1 to empirical case studies and prepare a part of a class as a member of a team. These might relate to any of the following (or other) topics: how social media transform politics, the role of social media for political activism, how populism thrives on social media, how social media increase polarisation, surveillance and privacy, social inequality through smartphones, change of gender norms, dating and relationships through smartphones, self-esteem, addictive behaviour. The precise list of topics will depend on students’ choices as to which topics they would like to address in their case study.
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
---|---|---|
22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
---|---|---|
Scheduled learning and teaching activities | 22 | 11 x 2 hours per week |
Guided independent studies | 73 | Reading and writing the essay |
Guided independent study | 15 | Preparing the podcast |
Guided independent study | 20 | Preparing a class |
Guided independent study | 20 | 10 x 2 hours of weekly readings |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).