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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Introduction: political parties and their development 2. Digitalization as a research problem 3. Cyber parties, cyber optimists and cyber pessimists 4. Five pillars of digization 5. Party organization and digization 6. Adaption to the digital world: party congresses 7. Political communication and political marketing in the digital era 8. Websites, microsites and blogs 9. YouTube a Flickr 10. Facebook a Twitter 11. Instagram a TikTok 12. Current developments: the Czech Republic versus the world 13. Conclusion: perspektives for the further development of digitization
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course presents the issue of digitalization of political parties and political participation from different points of view. It compares individual theoretical and empirical approaches with the aim of pointing out the dynamism of the development of this issue. In addition, it maps the relevant differences between individual cases. The aim is to reflext on the latest findings and approaches with the aim of critically evaluating their impacts and effects.
The graduate will expand his knowledge in the dynamically developing topic of digitization, acquire basic theoretical approaches, discuss their advantages and disadvantages, analyze individual empirical cases of political parties, compare them with each other, apply knowledge to current empirical situations and examples, identify advantages and risks of individual online plarforms and their use by political parties.
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Prerequisites
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None.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
To successfully complete the course, it is required to submit a seminar paper in the range of 8 to 10 standard pages and successful completion of the exam.
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Recommended literature
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