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The general objective of the course is to enable students to understand better Internet Policies and relevant regulation, in particular the governance of the Internet. Furthermore, the course refers to processes of globalization, media convergence and the transformation from the industrial to the information society. It covers especially the role of the Internet as the basic infrastructure for the global information society and its political, legal, economic, social and cultural implications like privacy, freedom of expression or intellectual property. It looks also into the future of the Internet, beyond web 2.0 and the next generation networks (NGN) like social networks, mobile Internet and the Internet of Things. Additionally the course covers the broad range of issues, which has been discussed and negotiated within the United Nations Word Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
Kurset kan tages som 10 eller 20 ECTS.
TThe course has four parts.
• Part I covers the history of the media, the right to communicate, globalization, digitalization, convergence and the results of the UN World Summit on the Information Society. It discusses also the main theories on the information society and new political principles like multistakeholderism.
• Part II discusses more in detail the history of the Internet, its functioning, the role of the critical technical Internet core resources (domain names, IP addresses, root servers) as well as the various policy models for the governance of the Internet.
• Part III covers a selected number of political, economic and legal issues related to a number concrete Internet applications and challenging issues like cybercrime, privacy, intellectual property, eCommerce, freedom of expression and the perspectives of Web 2.0 as well as the next generation networks (NGN) .
• The Final Part discusses European information society and Internet policies, in particular the role of the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament as well as the global challenge of the Digital Divide.
The course combines traditional offline F2F lectures, moderated seminars and workshops with virtual Online Discussions where students are invited to prepare statements and interventions. Students are encouraged to participate virtually in the ICANN Meeting in Cartagena (December 2010) and the 5th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Vilnjus (September 2010).
Students, participating in the course, should have a basic understanding of theories of the information society and the role of the Internet.
Wolfgang Kleinwächter
Information Society Theories & Internet Policy and Regulation
Lecturer:
Prof. Wolfgang Kleinwächter
Dates:
Monday, 13.00 - 16.00, Tuesday, 09.00 - 12.00, Wednesday, 13.00 - 16.00, Thursday, 13.00 - 16.00, Friday 09.00 - 12.00
(please check days according to programme)
Place
Codd Building, Room N.N.
Date Lecture
08.09.2010
(Wednesday) Lecture 1:
From Gutenberg to the Internet: The Human Right to Communicate
09.09.2010
(Thursday) Lecture 2:
Theories and Policies for the Global Information Society: Digitalisation, Media Convergence and Globalization
10.09.2010
(Friday) Lecture 3:
History of the Internet: From TCP/IP to ICANN
13.09.2010 -
16.09.2010
22.09.2010
(Wednesday)
Remote Participation in the 5th UN Internet Governance Forum, Vilnjus, Lithuania (www.intgovforum.org)
Lecture 4:
Governance of the Territory of Cyberspace: Root Server, IP Addresses and the Domain Name System
23.09.2010
(Thursday) Lecture 5:
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF): A Multistakeholder Global Policy Development Model
24.09.2010
(Friday) Lecture 6:
The UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS): The Digital Solidarity Agenda 2015 and the Role of the ITU
23.09.2010 - 08.10.2010 Individual Consultations on Seminar Papers
30.09.2010
(Thursday) Lecture 7:
Emerging Issues: Mobile Internet & the Internet of Things
Zittrain Discussion 1 :
01.10.2010
(Friday) Lecture 8:
The Dark Side of the Internet: Cybercrime, Spam, Phishing and other Evils
Zittrain Discussion 2 :
06.10.2010
(Wednesday) Lecture 9:
Social Networks and Privacy on the Internet: The End of Anonymity?
Drake Discussion 1 :
07.10.2010
(Thursday) Lecture 10:
Freedom of Information: Borderless Cyberspace or national Re-Regulation?
Drake Discussion 2:
08.10..2010
(Friday)
15.10.2008 - 24.11.2008 Lecture 11
Fighting Cyberterrorism: Have we to Pay with Civil Rights and Freedom for Cybersecurity?
Virtual Snowball Discussion:
Private Sector vs. Governments: Who should Govern the Internet?
Freedom vs. Control: How far the Internet should be regulated?
29.11.2010
(Monday)
Lecture 12:
Snowball Discussion;
Freedom vs. Control: How far the Internet should be regulated?
30.11.2010
(Tuesday)
Lecture 13:
Ownership in Cyberspace: Intellectual Property Rights in the Internet
Lessig Discussion 1:
30.11.2010 - 15.12.2010 Consultations on Final Seminar Papers
01.12.2010
(Wednesday) Lecture 14:
Europeans Digital Agenda 2020: How the EU moves into the Information Age
Lessig Disucssion 2:
05.12.2010 -
09.12.2010
13.12.2010
(Monday)
Remote Participation in the 39th ICANN Meeting in Cartagena (www.icann.org)
Lecture 15:
Legal Frameworks for eCommerce: From the "Bubble" back to Business?
14.12.2010
(Tuesday)
Lecture 16:
The Digital Divide: Internet Development in Third World Countries
15.12.2010
(Wednesday) Final Symposium & Julefrokosten
Engelsk
The course is based on the reading of the following academic and political texts:
Basic Academic Literature
• Lawrence Lessig, Code Version 2.0 (2006)
• Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It (2008)
• Wolfgang Kleinwächter, The Power of Ideas: Internet Governance in a Global Multistakeholder Environment (2007)
• Avri Doria & Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Internet Governance Forum: The First Two Years, UNESCO Paris 2008
Cheap Soft Cover versions of Castells, Lessigs and Zittrains Book are available via www.amazon.com
Stauffacher/Kleinwächter and Drake is free downloadable under www.unicttf.org
Kleinwächter ist free downloadable under http://medienservice.land-der-ideen.de/MEDIA/65534,0.pdf
Doria/Kleinwächter is free downloadable under www.intgovforum.org
Further Recommended Academic Literature
• Manuel Castells, The Internet Galaxy (2002)
• Lawrence Lessig, The Future of Ideas (2003)
• Donald McLean, Internet Governance (2004)
• Jack Glodsmith & Tim Wu, Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World, (2006)
• Daniel Stauffacher & Wolfgang Kleinwächter, The World Summit on the Information Society: Moving from the Past into the Future (2005)
• William J. Drake, Reforming Internet Governance (2005)
• Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Macht und Geld in Cyberspace (2004) / in German only
Cheap Soft Cover versions of Castells, Lessigs and Zittrains Book are available via www.amazon.com
Stauffacher/Kleinwächter and Drake is free downloadable under www.unicttf.org
Kleinwächter ist free downloadable under http://medienservice.land-der-ideen.de/MEDIA/65534,0.pdf
Doria/Kleinwächter is free downloadable under www.intgovforum.org
Official UN, OECD and EU documents
• Geneva Declaration of Principles & Geneva Plan of Action, December 2003 (http://www.itu.int/wsis/index.html)
• Civil Society WSIS Declaration, Geneva, December 2003
• Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), Geneva, July 2005 (http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGREPORT.doc)
• Tunis Commitment & Tunis Agenda of the Information Society, November 2005 (http://www.itu.int/wsis/index.html)
• Final Declaration of the OECD Ministerial Conference on the Internet Economy, Seoul, June 2008 (http://www.oecd.org/site/0,3407,en_21571361_38415463_1_1_1_1_1,00.htm
• European Commissions i2010 Programme and Mid-Term Review (http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/eeurope/i2010/index_en.htm)
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