Media and Information Technology in Global Conflict

JSIS 101
  • Quarters: Spring
  • General Education Requirements: SSc
  • Instructors: Vanessa Freije

Explores the role media and information technology have played in global conflicts since the twentieth century. How different groups have mobilized new technologies for covert warfare, surveillance, and cyberattacks, as well as for self-determination, cultural survival, and whistleblowing. Includes war photography; bots and election interference; and Indigenous movements and media.