Global Studies and EU | GEOPOLITICS OF DISINFORMATION

cod. 1222500050

GEOPOLITICS OF DISINFORMATION

	1222500050
	DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT & INNOVATION SYSTEMS
	EQF7
	GLOBAL STUDIES AND EU
	2022/2023

CURRICULUM POLICIES FOR EUROPEAN UNION STRATEGIES

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
	AUTUMN SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SPS/04	6	42	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

EXAMS

Exam	Date	Session
FRACCHIOLLA	13/06/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
FRACCHIOLLA	27/06/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
FRACCHIOLLA	18/07/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
FRACCHIOLLA	08/09/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO

	Objectives
	THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ADVANCED TOOLS FOR ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FORM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE DISINFORMATION, UNDERSTOOD AS A CONSCIOUS STRATEGY IMPLEMENTED BY BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ACTORS, TO INFLUENCE THE GEOPOLITICAL DYNAMICS BOTH AT A REGIONAL AND GLOBAL LEVEL. TO THIS END, THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF DISINFORMATION FOR THE HOLDING OF THE DEMOCRATIC SECURITY PARADIGM WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED. THE POLITICAL SCENARIOS DEVELOPED BY THE FORMS AND THE MOST REFINED INFORMATION MANIPULATION DEVICES OF THE 21ST CENTURY WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED. A FOCUS ON EU STRATEGIES AND POLICIES AIMED AT BUILDING A COUNTER-DISINFORMATION SYSTEM BASED ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE VALUES OF DEMOCRACY IS ALSO ENVISAGED. AT THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS MUST BE ABLE TO EXERCISE WITH A CRITICAL SPIRIT AN EFFECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THE TOPICS DEALT WITH, MANAGING TO PLACE THE ROLE OF THE VARIOUS PLAYERS IN THE FIELD - GOVERNMENTS, LARGE CORPORATIONS, PRIVATE AGENCIES - IN THE MULTIPLE GEOPOLITICAL CHESSBOARDS - ALSO THROUGH THE ENHANCEMENT OF DIGITAL AND CYBER DIPLOMACY TOOLS.

THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ADVANCED TOOLS FOR ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FORM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE DISINFORMATION, UNDERSTOOD AS A CONSCIOUS STRATEGY IMPLEMENTED BY BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ACTORS, TO INFLUENCE THE GEOPOLITICAL DYNAMICS BOTH AT A REGIONAL AND GLOBAL LEVEL. TO THIS END, THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF DISINFORMATION FOR THE HOLDING OF THE DEMOCRATIC SECURITY PARADIGM WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED. THE POLITICAL SCENARIOS DEVELOPED BY THE FORMS AND THE MOST REFINED INFORMATION MANIPULATION DEVICES OF THE 21ST CENTURY WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED. A FOCUS ON EU STRATEGIES AND POLICIES AIMED AT BUILDING A COUNTER-DISINFORMATION SYSTEM BASED ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE VALUES OF DEMOCRACY IS ALSO ENVISAGED. AT THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS MUST BE ABLE TO EXERCISE WITH A CRITICAL SPIRIT AN EFFECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THE TOPICS DEALT WITH, MANAGING TO PLACE THE ROLE OF THE VARIOUS PLAYERS IN THE FIELD - GOVERNMENTS, LARGE CORPORATIONS, PRIVATE AGENCIES - IN THE MULTIPLE GEOPOLITICAL CHESSBOARDS - ALSO THROUGH THE ENHANCEMENT OF DIGITAL AND CYBER DIPLOMACY TOOLS.

	Prerequisites
	NONE

	Contents
	PART I 1)A NEW PUBLIC DIPLOMACY? THE STRATEGIC POWER OF INFORMATION AS A SOURCE OF POWER AND THE NEW GREAT POWER OF DISINFORMATION AND MISINFORMATION: THE WEAPONIZATION OF THE INFORMATION, THE RISE OF INFO MERCANTILISM AND CYBER(IN)SECURITY AS A BIG ISSUE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL PEACE; 2)HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF DEBATES AND EXPERIENCES IN DIGITAL DIPLOMACY AND CYBER DIPLOMACY; 3)DISINFORMATION, HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOOD QUALITY DEMOCRACY: AN INVERSE RELATION IN CYBER DIPLOMACY; 4)THE CYBERSECURITY STATEGIES OF AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENTS: CHINA AND RUSSIA ZERO-SUM CONTEST FOR CONTROL OF DATA, TECHNOLOGY AND TALENT; 5)SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES POLICY AND “BAD ACTORS” USING PLATFORMS TO SPREAD PROPAGANDA, DISINFORMATION, COLLECTING USERS’ DATA TO TARGETED POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL CAMPAIGNS, HOSTILE NARRATIVES, AND “ECHO CHAMBERS” TO INCREASE POLARIZATION ON SENSITIVE ISSUES. CASE STUDIES: THE UNITED STATES ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS 2016, 2020; THE BREXIT REFERENDUM 2016, RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN (OPERATION INFEKTION); COVID-19 INTENSE WAVES OF DISINFORMATION, ALLIED TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY SETBACKS; CHINA INFODEMIC DURING COVID-19; MISINFORMATION IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, PRIMARILY ALONG THE LINES OF RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC DIVISIONS. PART II 1)DIGITAL DYPLOMACY AND TWITTER DIPLOMACY; 2)THE GLOBAL RESPONSES TO DISINFORMATION IN CYBER DIPLOMACY: NEGOTIATING EFFECTIVE FORMAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, CORPORATE MEASURES AND CIVIL SOCIETY ACTION: THE NEGOTIATIONS IN COURSE IN THE UN SYSTEM AND THE RESPONSES OF G7, G20, OMC, NATO, OSCE, ASEAN. 3)THE EU TACKLING DISINFORMATION IN ITS EXTERNAL ACTIONS: FOSTERING A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH DIGITAL RESILIENCE. 4)THE EU REGULATORY SYSTEM: EUROPEAN ACTION PLAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY 2020-24; THE DIGITAL SERVICES ACT; THE EU HUMAN RIGHTS GUIDELINES ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ONLINE AND OFFLINE, HUMAN RIGHTS TOOLBOX; THE EEAS STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION DIVISION, THE RAPID ALERT SYSTEM (RAS), THE ACTION PLAN AGAINST DISINFORMATION AND THE CODE OF PRACTICE ON DISINFORMATION TOWARD A DEMOCRATIC INFO STRATEGY. 5)DATA AND AI DIPLOMACY 6)SKILLS, COMPETENCES AND ATTITUDE FOR AN EFFECTIVE CYBER DIPLOMAT: WORKING HARD ON BUILDING WORLD POPULATION RESISTANT TO THE INFILTRATION OF DISINFORMATION, MISINFORMATION, AND OTHER SIMILAR DISRUPTIVE FORCES.

Contents

PART I
1)A NEW PUBLIC DIPLOMACY? THE STRATEGIC POWER OF INFORMATION AS A SOURCE OF POWER AND THE NEW GREAT POWER OF DISINFORMATION AND MISINFORMATION: THE WEAPONIZATION OF THE INFORMATION, THE RISE OF INFO MERCANTILISM AND CYBER(IN)SECURITY AS A BIG ISSUE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL PEACE;
2)HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF DEBATES AND EXPERIENCES IN DIGITAL DIPLOMACY AND CYBER DIPLOMACY;
3)DISINFORMATION, HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOOD QUALITY DEMOCRACY: AN INVERSE RELATION IN CYBER DIPLOMACY;
4)THE CYBERSECURITY STATEGIES OF AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENTS: CHINA AND RUSSIA ZERO-SUM CONTEST FOR CONTROL OF DATA, TECHNOLOGY AND TALENT;
5)SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES POLICY AND “BAD ACTORS” USING PLATFORMS TO SPREAD PROPAGANDA, DISINFORMATION, COLLECTING USERS’ DATA TO TARGETED POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL CAMPAIGNS, HOSTILE NARRATIVES, AND “ECHO CHAMBERS” TO INCREASE POLARIZATION ON SENSITIVE ISSUES.

CASE STUDIES: THE UNITED STATES ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS 2016, 2020; THE BREXIT REFERENDUM 2016, RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN (OPERATION INFEKTION); COVID-19 INTENSE WAVES OF DISINFORMATION, ALLIED TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY SETBACKS; CHINA INFODEMIC DURING COVID-19; MISINFORMATION IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, PRIMARILY ALONG THE LINES OF RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC DIVISIONS.

PART II
1)DIGITAL DYPLOMACY AND TWITTER DIPLOMACY;
2)THE GLOBAL RESPONSES TO DISINFORMATION IN CYBER DIPLOMACY: NEGOTIATING EFFECTIVE FORMAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, CORPORATE MEASURES AND CIVIL SOCIETY ACTION: THE NEGOTIATIONS IN COURSE IN THE UN SYSTEM AND THE RESPONSES OF G7, G20, OMC, NATO, OSCE, ASEAN.
3)THE EU TACKLING DISINFORMATION IN ITS EXTERNAL ACTIONS: FOSTERING A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH DIGITAL RESILIENCE.
4)THE EU REGULATORY SYSTEM: EUROPEAN ACTION PLAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY 2020-24; THE DIGITAL SERVICES ACT; THE EU HUMAN RIGHTS GUIDELINES ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ONLINE AND OFFLINE, HUMAN RIGHTS TOOLBOX; THE EEAS STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION DIVISION, THE RAPID ALERT SYSTEM (RAS), THE ACTION PLAN AGAINST DISINFORMATION AND THE CODE OF PRACTICE ON DISINFORMATION TOWARD A DEMOCRATIC INFO STRATEGY.
5)DATA AND AI DIPLOMACY
6)SKILLS, COMPETENCES AND ATTITUDE FOR AN EFFECTIVE CYBER DIPLOMAT: WORKING HARD ON BUILDING WORLD POPULATION RESISTANT TO THE INFILTRATION OF DISINFORMATION, MISINFORMATION, AND OTHER SIMILAR DISRUPTIVE FORCES.

	Teaching Methods
	THEORETICAL LECTURES WITH COMPUTER SUPPORT; DEBATES, SEMINARS AND SIMULATIONS; EXPERT TESTIMONIALS

	Verification of learning
	ORAL EXAM

	Texts
	THE COURSE IS HELD IN ENGLISH BUT FOR STUDENTS THAT MAY BE IN NEED OF FURTHER EXPLANATION PROF. FRACCHIOLLA WILL ORGANIZE DEDICATED MEETING HOURS AND READINGS IN ITALIAN WILL BE AVAILABLE

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	THE COURSE IS HELD IN ENGLISH BUT FOR STUDENTS THAT MAY BE IN NEED OF FURTHER EXPLANATION PROF. FRACCHIOLLA WILL ORGANIZE DEDICATED MEETING HOURS AND READINGS IN ITALIAN WILL BE AVAILABLE

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