Undergraduate CUR-NET303-2023

Online Power and Resistance

Understand the ways in which people try to exert, and resist, power online. Explore why algorithms, censorship, surveillance, and infrastructure matter, and how they might be reshaped.

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Duration

13 weeks

Study method

100% Online

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Assessments

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Prior study

Required

Start dates

28 Aug 2023

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Subject details

What you'll learn

At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

analyse the relationship between sources of authority (public, commercial, political, expert, users) in Internet governance and the outcomes of decision-making about the Internet
make recommendations for the development of policy and regulation for effective Internet governance
analyse the Internet as a network of both freedom and control with reference both to social and technical aspects of the Internet.

Topics covered

- Introduction: Bodies and Borders Algorithms, Data, and Violence
- Political Censorship
- Moral Censorship
- Privacy and Terms of Use
- A Right to Privacy? Harassment Online
- Understanding Regulation
- The Architecture of Connection
- Digital Property and the Network
- Governing the Net
- Summary and Essay Workshop

Entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

CUR-MIC503-Online Power and Resistance
CUR-NET23 (Not currently available)

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

one of

Others

NET24 is the same as NET204 and NET25 is the same as NET205.

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Description

This subject was previously known as Power, Politics and the Internet

The Internet has had a massive impact on our political systems, from grassroots activism through to global politics. This subject helps you to understand how and why this has happened, and why it matters. It explores the new challenges and possibilities for governance created by the Internet, as well as attempts to control the Internet by governments and others. Ultimately, you will come to understand how networked communications are intertwined with long-running political struggles around control and resistance.

Further Information: List of topics is indicative and subject to minor change prior to the start of each Study Period.

Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.

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