Communication via the Internet

The development of the Internet and its extensive use in everyday life have formulated new types of communication and expression, influencing a wider spectrum of contemporary humans’ activities. The World Wide Web, as a form of realisation of the semantic conception of the hyper-text, constitutes a place of dynamic and multilevel developments, the study of which requires an interdisciplinary approach, as it is proved by the rapid expansion of the emerging Web Science. Issues such as free access to content, new forms of inequality, the boundaries between public and private sphere, economy knowledge, Information Society, and, to a greater extend, the Internet effects on traditional mass media, together with the production and diffusion of content, constitute the interdisciplinary subject of Internet Communication. The central drift in approaching this phenomenon is a combined study of the Medium prevalent technological characteristics and the impact of its use on social relationships, the economy, interpersonal communication and mass media.

After completing the course, students should be able to discuss and argue in relation to the basic effects of the advent of the Internet in modern society. In particular, they should be familiar with the communicative effects on social activities such as the economy, distance education, legislation and social networking.

1st Week: Introductory lesson

2nd Week: Social media and algorithmic settings

3rd Week: Internet Economy and E-Government

4th Week: Post-human and Post-universe

5th Week: Viral on the Internet

6th Week: Philosophy of Information

7th Week: Artificial Intelligence

8th Week: Post-truth and Fake News

9th Week: Copyright on the Internet

10th Week: Cyberfeminism

11th Week: Digital Humanism

12th Week: Internet Art

13th Week: Review

• Apostolakis, Ioannis (2011). Collaborative Web and Society. Athens: Papazisis.
• Tselios, Nikolaos (2007). Introduction to Web Science: Basic Services and Educational Uses. Athens: Klidarithmos.

• Presentation with slides
• Online material in e-class

Enhanced by multimedia content.
The learning process is supported by the asyncrhonous e-learning platform e-class.

• 40% Participation via comments in 8 sections (comment: 0.3 per section - presentation of comment: 0.2 per section)
• 60% Final exams or individual project