Kursnummer	223M-36
Kursleitung	Sandra Rüther
Beginn	Mi., 29.11.2023, 09:00 - 16:30 Uhr
Dauer	3 Termine

Forming an opinion through Social Media

ECTS: 3 ECTS

Dauer: 3 days (block seminar)

Bildungsziele:
How are socio-political topics discussed in social media?
Over the past few years, the importance of the internet and social media as opinion-forming media has increased enormously and has largely pushed back conventional journalistic sources, especially for young adults. However, there is a risk of not being able to recognise and assess the origins and intentions of Internet sources and thus being easily manipulated. The seminar will use examples to show how to differentiate between reliable facts and fake news and how filter bubbles and bots can systematically direct our focus. Derived from this, in a further step, it is considered how a critical handling of internet media can be positively designed and how data literacy can be developed.

Inhalte:
- Discussion of current texts from forums and articles from the Internet
- Current socio-political issues
- Review criteria for good sources (including journalistic principles, source origins)
- Questions for designing a useful network ethics

Methoden:
Group discussion
Group and project work
Teaching conversation
Lecture and discussion


Teilnahmevoraussetzungen: Willingness to actively participate in the entire seminar

Anwesenheitspflicht:
Attendance for this event is compulsory according to section 12, paragraph 2b of the General Examination Regulations for the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes at Bochum University of Applied Sciences (RPO).

Prüfungselemente: Written exam

Prüfungsvoraussetzung: Active participation in the entire course

Lehrende(r): Sandra Rüther

Sonstige Informationen: Literature references will be announced in the course