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Power, Politics and the Internet

Undergraduate | CUR-NET303 | 2020

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Map the legal, technical and economic boundaries of cyberspace. Search out information on internet censorship, privacy and security and ascertain the challenges they present. Find out what role politics, power and regulations play in the online space.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
13 weeks

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Power, Politics and the Internet

About this subject

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

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

Entry requirements

Prior study

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

one of

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-NET23 (Not currently available)

Others

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

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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What to study next?

Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses

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