This class exists in these courses :
• Faculté de Gestion, Economie & Sciences - Licences & Prépas - Licence 3 Economie Finance - S5 - 2 ECTS

Prerequisites

N.B: For international exchange students only, this course = 2 ECTS

None

Learning outcomes

N.B: For international exchange students only, this course = 2 ECTS

This course is not about computer programming or how to write code but about the applications, uses and misuses of ICTs. The goals of the course are in the title: to explore the positive as well as the negative risks and opportunities of ICTS.

Course description

N.B: For international exchange students only, this course = 2 ECTS

Week 1

The scope of ICTs - statistics on usage worldwide

https://www.budde.com.au/Research/BuddeComm-Intelligence-Report-Global-Mobile-Devices-Market-Smartphones-Wearables-Tablets/?r=51

https://www.budde.com.au/Research/Global-Digital-Economy-The-Political-and-Economic-Fallout

Week 2

The post-truth age and ICTs

https://ethicaljournalismnetwork.org/tag/fake-news

Week 3

Cyper-dystopia or cyber-utopia

https://rm.coe.int/information-disorder-report-november-2017/1680764666

Week 4

ICTs and politics

The Arab Spring

Week 5

ICTs and development

https://www.itu.int/en/sustainable-world/Pages/default.aspx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKgwdA3HqKw

Week 6

E-commerce

https://www.shopify.com/enterprise/global-ecommerce-statistics

Week 7

The use and misuse o

Class type

Class structure

N.B: For international exchange students only, this course = 2 ECTS

Lecture and discussion on selected readings and social media sites.

Interactive/participative and content focused.

Teaching methods

Assessment

Contrôle continu : coeff. 1

Recommended reading

• Big data
  https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/bigdata/MIS2014_Chapter5.pdf
  https://www.itu.int/net4/ITU-D/idi/2017/index.html#idi2017economycard-tab&AFG
  
  Digital Maoism
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Maoism:_The_Hazards_of_the_New_Online_Collectivism