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Overview
Key facts
This platformisation of society generates extensive social damage, as witnessed in the past few years by dramatic episodes of disinformation and media manipulation, algorithmic amplification of hate, and massive data breaches. Around the world citizens, politicians, and activists are holding platforms to account and demanding a change to the concentration of power in digital platforms; these demands are based in the view that platform power is at the centre of a crisis of democracy, and a crisis in the individual and collective ability to communicate and make sense of the world.
London School of Economics and Political Science's Digital Platforms - Power, Politics and Resistance course begins with these received crises but looks both forwards and backwards, to understand how we got here and where we are going. Through this course, you will gain access to research-led lectures and the latest scholarship to properly understand how digital platforms work and the roles they play in society. You will apply this knowledge to case studies to understand how platforms are shaped and where citizens might intervene in their governance. You will engage in debates to think about how to critically engage with technological power and to mitigate the social harms of platforms.Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Discrimination and algorithmic biases
- Data sovereignty
- Content moderation
- Platform regulations
- Datafication and social justice
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 3 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
Language
English
Credits
7 ECTS
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Political Science Digital Media View 61 other Short Courses in Political Science in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
This course is ideal if you are looking to combine a social and technological understanding of digital platforms with an overview of the harms they generate and the civic response to these harms.If you are targeting a career in the technology sector, in communication, advertising & journalism, or in public policy, this course is for you.
Tuition Fee
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International
2950 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2950 GBP for the full programme during 3 days. -
National
2950 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2950 GBP for the full programme during 3 days.
- Student rate: £2,950
- Standard rate: £3,950
Living costs for London
1137 - 2157 GBP /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
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