Lehrende: Dr. Matthias Revers
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
Anzeige im Stundenplan: M6: Misinformation
Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Credits: 6,0
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: 10 | 20
Weitere Informationen: Verwendbar in folgenden Studiengängen bzw. Modulen: - M.A. Journalistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (FSB 2020): Modul 6: Vertiefung: Journalismus in der digitalen Gesellschaft - Masterstudiengänge der Fakultät WiSo: Wahlbereich
Kommentare/ Inhalte: Political truth has always been contested in a democracy. The intensity of epistemic contestation of scientific knowledge in the context of COVID-19 and recent climate debates is novel, however, and the reasons are in part sociotechnical, economic and political. This course disentangles fake news, dis/misinformation and alternative facts and considers them against their opposites: news, information, truth. It will also deal with the far-right attack against the “mainstream media”, which resignifies and inverts this concern to undermine public trust of professional news and further political antagonism. We will examine the origins - why have these issues become so prevalent in the last decade? - various expressions and effects of dis/misinformation and assess the stakes of epistemic contestation in the public sphere.
Lernziel: - Understand and apply social scientific theories about misinformation - Design a research project that addresses key questions about misinformation - Critically examine research and public debates about dis/misinformation - Analyze and normatively assess causes, effects and possible remedies against misinformation
Vorgehen: This course will be delivered in person, in English and administered on the Virtual Learning Platform OpenOlat. There will be required readings for each session, which we will discus, followed by student presentations.
Literatur: The course syllabus with all key information, including required readings, will be made available on the online course space on OpenOlat.
Zusätzliche Hinweise zu Prüfungen: A. Modulteilprüfung: Mode of examination: Course paper, in English or German The course paper should be a research proposal (Expose) for a research project on misinformation. Structure:
