CULT H8024 - New Social Movements and E-activism

Module Details

Module Code: CULT H8024
Full Title: New Social Movements and E-activism
Valid From:: Semester 1 - 2019/20 ( June 2019 )
Language of Instruction:English
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits:: 5
Module Owner:: Eileen Murphy
Departments: Unknown
Module Description: The aims of this module are to introduce students to key interpretations of Social Movements and to equip them with the knowledge and conceptual tools to evaluate the ways in which ICT is being used in political and social activism
 
Module Learning Outcome
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Module Learning Outcome Description
MLO1 Analyse the development and changes in Social Movements over time
MLO2 Appraise the distinction made between Social Movements and Contentious Politics
MLO3 Assess the inter-relationship between democracy and social movements
MLO4 Critique the impact of the Open Source Movement
MLO5 Compare and contrast distinctive forms of leadership
Pre-requisite learning
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named DkIT module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
No recommendations listed
 
Module Indicative Content
The historical development of Social Movements
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Difference between Protests, Social Movements and Contentious Politics
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The inter-relationship between Democracy and Social Protest
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The emergence of ICT as a medium of protest
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Online virtual communities
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Ownership of virtual space and its products
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Module Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Course Work100.00%
Module Special Regulation
 

Assessments

Full-time

Course Work
Assessment Type Essay % of Total Mark 50
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing End of Year Learning Outcome 1,2,3,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
The project involves two parts. In the first, students are required to conduct a self-chosen case study into how ICT is used being to facilitate political and or social activism. In the second, this form this activism takes is then evaluated. Students are required to compare and contrast the example chosen against the literature to identify its similarities and or differences with other examples of social movements, contentious politics, and assess the extent to which the usage of ICT is engendered; approx 2500 words
Assessment Type Other % of Total Mark 50
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing n/a Learning Outcome 2,3,4
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Participation in at least two online discussion forums on topics to be decided by the lecturer.
No Project
No Practical
No Final Examination

Part-time

Course Work
Assessment Type Essay % of Total Mark 50
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing n/a Learning Outcome 1,2,3,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
The project involves two parts. In the first, students are required to conduct a self-chosen case study into how ICT is used being to facilitate political and or social activism. In the second, this form this activism takes is then evaluated. Students are required to compare and contrast the example chosen against the literature to identify its similarities and or differences with other examples of social movements, contentious politics, and assess the extent to which the usage of ICT is engendered; approx 2500 words
Assessment Type Other % of Total Mark 50
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing n/a Learning Outcome 2,3,4
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Participation in at least two online discussion forums on topics to be decided by the lecturer.
No Project
No Practical
No Final Examination

DKIT reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full-time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Tutorial Contact No Description Every Week 1.00 1
Directed Reading Non Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Independent Study Non Contact No Description Every Week 4.00 4
Total Weekly Learner Workload 9.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
Workload: Part-time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Directed Reading Non Contact No Description Every Week 4.00 4
Independent Study Non Contact No Description Every Week 3.00 3
Total Weekly Learner Workload 9.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 2.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Della Porta, Donatella. (2017), The Oxford Handbook of Social Movements, 1st. OUP,, Oxford, [ISBN: 9780198803126].
  • Della Porta, D. (2015), Social Movements in Times of Austerity:Bringing Capitalism back into protest analysis, 1st. Polity Press, [ISBN: 9780745688596].
  • Goodwin, J and Jasper, J. (2014), The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts, 4th. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, p.472, [ISBN: 978-1405187640].
  • Castells, Manuel. (2012), Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age, Polity Press, London, p.200, [ISBN: 9780745662855].
  • Tilly, C. (2015), Contentious Politicd, 2nd. Oxford Univetsity Press, [ISBN: 9780190255053].
  • Gerbaudo, P. (2012), Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism, Pluto, [ISBN: 978074332482].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Carty, V. (2015), Social Movements and new Technology, 1st. Westview Press, [ISBN: 9780813345864].
  • Tarrow, Sidney. (2011), Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, 3rd. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p.352, [ISBN: 978-0521155724].
  • Tilly, C and Wood, L. (2012), Social Movements 1768-2012, 3rd. Paradigm Publishers, St Paul, MN, USA, p.284, [ISBN: 978-1612052380].
  • Jones, F. (2019), Our Space. How Black feminists are changing the world from the tweets to the streets, Beacon, [ISBN: 9780807055373].
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