Introduction to the course

Course requirements, readings, ATutor, Intranet, tutorial format, expectations.

A Brief Introduction to International Studies

Required Readings:

Hobbs, H. H. and Chernotsky, H. I. (2006, Mar) Preparing Students for Global Citizenship: The Challenge for International Studies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Town & Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA

Optional Readings:

UNDP. Human Development Report 2001, Overview: Making new technologies work for human development

From Industrial to Network Society

Required Readings:

Castell, M. (2000). The Contours of the Network Society. Foresight, Vol 2 (2): 151-157. (on ATutor)

Chalaby J. (2005). From Internationalization to Transnationalization. Global Media and Communication Vol 1(1):28-33. (on ATutor)

Optional Readings:

Hargittai, E. (2000) Radio's Lessons for the Internet. Communication of the ACM, Vol 43(1): 51-57. (on ATutor)

The Internet: Global Market and the Digital Divide

Required Readings:

James, J. (2005). The Global Digital Divide in the Internet: Developed Countries constructs and Third World Realities. Journal of Information Science 31(2): 114-123. (on ATutor)

ICT Policy Handbook, Part 1 and 2

Optional Readings:

Abdulla, R. (2005). Taking the e-train: The development of the internet in Egypt. Global Media and Communication 1(2): 149-165. (on ATutor)

World Summit on the Information Society and a New Global Communication Order

Required Readings:

Souter, D. (2007). The World Summit on the Information Society: The end of an era or the start of something new? In Global Information Society Watch 2007.

Currie, W. (2007). Post-WSIS spaces for building a global information society. In Global Information Society Watch 2007.

Optional Readings:

Opening Speech by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan

WSIS and Civil Society: A Backgrounder, complied by Kanti Kumar. Available at the Digital Opportunity Channel

International Communication Policies and Regulations

Required Readings:

ICT Policy Handbook Part 3: National ICT and Internet Policy and Regulations (pg. 53-73)

Maclean, D. (2007). International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Global Information Society Watch 2007.

Hofmann, J. (2007). Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Global Information Society Watch 2007.

Optional Readings:

Louder Voices:  Strengthening developing country participation in international ICT decision-making. A Study by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization and Panos, 2002. (Read Summary only, available at http://www.panos.org.uk/images/books/Louder%20Voices.pdf or download here.)

In Class Quiz (first hour)

Second Hour

TBA

Intellectual Property, World Trade Organization and World Intellectual Property Organization

Required Readings:

Gross, R. (2007). World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In Global Information Society Watch 2007

Introduction to Intellectual Proprety Rights, from SciDevNet

Optional Readings:

ICT Policy Handbook Part 4 (85-96)

Good Copy Bad Copy, a documentary about the current state of copyright and culture.

Boyle, J (2004). A Manifesto on WIPO and the Future of Intellectual Property. Duke Law & Technology Review

Science, Technology and Global Public Goods

Required Readings:

Jefferson, R. (2006). Science as Social Enterprise: The CAMBIA BiOS Initiative. Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization Fall 2006, Vol. 1, No. 4: 13-44.

Martin, G., Sorenson, C., Faunce T. (2007). Balancing Intellectual Monopoly Privileges and the Need for Essential Medicines. Globalization and Health, 3:4. (pdf)

United Nations, Communication Rights and Human Rights

Required Readings:

Alegre, A. & O’Siochru, S. (2006) Communication Rights. In Word Matters: Multicultural Perspectives on Information Society.

ICT Policy Handbook Part 4 (pg. 121-126)

Optional Readings:

Ransom, David, "The United Nations at 60" The New Internationalist (375) (2005):

Tharoor, Shashi, "Are human rights universal?" The New
Internationalist(332)(2001)

Open Learning and Global Education

Required Readings:

Daniel, J., Kanwar, A., Uvali?-Trumbi?, S. (2007). Mass Tertiary Education in the Developing World: Distant Prospect or Distinct Possibility? Commonwealth of Learning.

How the Open Source Movement Has Changed Education: 10 Success Stories. (March 2007), Online Education Database.

Optional Readings:

The African Virtual University: The Challenge of Higher Education Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. By Laurence Wolff, Inter-American Development Bank. TechKnowlogia, Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2002.
(Origial URL http://www.TechKnowLogia.org/TKL_active_pages2/TableOfContents/main.asp?IssueNumber=16)

International Media and the Production of Culture

Required Readings:

Bagdikian, B. (2005) Grand Theft: The Conglomeratization of Media and the Degradation of Culture, by Ben Bagdikian. Multinational Monitor. Jan/Feb.

The Columbia Journalism review's 2006 review of the holdings of major media companies.

Corporate Influence in the Media, by Anup Shah

Optional:

**PBS's program Bigger and Bigger Media
Plenty of links to resources, videos and related sites

The National Entertainment State 2006, THE NATION, July 3, 2006
Graphic of the media holdings of the largest U.S. companies.

Owernership: A Chill in Canada. In Columbia Journalism Review, May/June 2002

Global Media Monitor

Watch PBS program Merchants of Cool online

E-Governance: issues raised by new technologies

Required Readings:

Zhang, L.L. (2005). Behind the 'Great Firewall':
Decoding China’s Internet Media Policies from the Inside. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, Vol 12(3): 271–291 (on ATutor)

Kraidy, M.M. (2006). Hypermedia and governance in Saudi Arabia. First Monday, Sept. 2006

Optional Readings:

Holliday, I. & Kwok R. (2004) Governance in the information age: E-government in Hong Kong. New Media and Society Vol 6(4): 549-570.(on ATutor)

ICT Policy Handbook Part 4 (pg. 121-126)