GOVT 3042

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GOVT 3042
The Politics of Technology

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

This course will examine the politics of technology, with an emphasis on dual use technologies such as social media, artificial intelligence, and facial recognition. It will look at political consequences of those technologies, including the way that social media can be manipulated in an electoral context, how AI and automation can affect public policies (e.g., predictive policing) and ways to mitigate algorithmic biases embedded in these technologies, and questions of whether the United States and China are locked in a technology arms race and if global governance proposals can defuse the adverse consequences of great power competition over technology.

When Offered Spring.

Distribution Category (SBA-AS, ETM-AS)
Course Subfield (AM)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: STS 3042

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6946 GOVT 3042   LEC 001

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    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022

    • Kreps, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8115 GOVT 3042   DIS 201

  •  
    • M White Hall 110
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8116 GOVT 3042   DIS 202

  •  
    • M Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8393 GOVT 3042   DIS 203

  •  
    • F White Hall 110
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8491 GOVT 3042   DIS 204

  •  
    • F Uris Hall G22
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person