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Politics in the digital era
This seminar delves into the intersection of politics and technology in the digital era, analyzing the profound impact of digital platforms, social media, and emerging technologies on political processes. Students will explore how digital tools, social media, and online communication shape political processes, institutions, and public engagement. Additional topics include digital campaigns, online activism, the role of social media in shaping political narratives, and the challenges and opportunities posed by the digital age for democratic governance. In summary, students will gain a comprehensive overview of how technology has transformed the political landscape.This course might include guest-lectures.
Lecturer: Dr Rosa Navarrete
Since December 2022, Dr Rosa M. Navarrete has been working as a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the Chair of Political Science with a focus on European Integration and International Relations in the Department of European Social Research at Saarland University. Previously, she was a postdoctoral researcher at MZES (University of Mannheim), a research associate at the Chair of Comparative Government at the University of Mannheim, a research associate for the project "Democratic dissatisfaction in Southern Europe: the political consequences of the crisis" at the University of York and a research associate at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
She studied History (B.A. + M.A.) at the Complutense University of Madrid and completed her M.A. in Democracy and Government at the Autonomous University of Madrid. In 2019, she finished her PhD in Political Science at the University of Mannheim. In her dissertation, she studied the effect of left-right orientations on political behaviour. Her research interests include text-as-data methods, comparative politics, European politics, political behaviour and the impact of digitalisation on political attitudes.