Digital Politics Book Club

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This course attempts to cover some of the many topics within the broad realm of digital politics. The focus will be on technology, communication, and politics writ large, but we will cover a wide variety of topics, including computational propaganda, political protest, online harassment, data journalism, algorithms, and digital politics in different political contexts. You will not become an expert on any given topic by completing this class, but it will give you a sense of the many ways in which digital technology might be both affected by and affecting the political world(s) in which we live.As the title suggests, the course will be run like a book club. We will read a book each week, and meet to discuss major themes, criticisms, and takeaways. As the semester goes on, we will draw connections between the books, culminating in writing a book review of at least two of the books.