Type of Credit: Elective
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International communication and international relations are closely related. This course is designed to introduce the linkage between the two disciplines and professions, so as to provide our students with opportunities to study more during their stay in National Chengchi University. I will add a detailed teaching manual as I have done over the years. Previously, most students who had signed up this course were seniors, that is, the final year's students who prepared to continue their graduate study or pursued their career after graduation. Therefore, the course was prepared to meet these general demands. However, more and more first year's students came to attend this class, probably because they felt that the combination of the two disciplines in an inter-disciplinary approach suited their request for the study of liberal arts and other comprehensive courses, particularly in the age of AI and Metaverse. This has provided new opportunities for our students and faculties. A new frontier of knowledge awaits our exploration and careful study indeed.
能力項目說明
Students are expected to gain a new insight of international communication and international relations to meet the demands of the age of the AI and Metaverse so that they can plan their future study in National Chengchi University or future career path.
The course will begain with an introduction of international communication and interrnational relations as a disciplinary and a profession. It, then, follows up with key items of study together with history, theory, cases,law,institution and current events. The new media, the virtual diplomacy and the digital diplomacy will be introduced. The traditional philosophy, politics and economics(PPE) is naturally included, so that students will be able to enhance their capability of evaluation and decision-making in their career. The course is designed to lay the groundwork for our students to meet the future challenge and grasp the possible opportunities in their endeavors..
| 教學週次Course Week | 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week | 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type |
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1. Introduction(September 13th)
Concepts: Anarchical Society, Information Society, Konwledge, Information, Data, Transporation and Communication
Questions: What is a globalized anarchical and information society?
How much do we know about culture, language,civilization and their impacts?
2. The Study of International Relations(September 20th)
Concepts:Balance of Power, Power Transition, Balance of Interest, Power Politics,Soft Power, Hard Power, Smart Power and Sharp Power
Questions: What is global international relations?
What do "Global North" and "Global South" mean to us?
3. The Study of International Communication(September 27th)
Concepts: Propaganda,Communication,Journalism,Dialogue, Persuasion,Image-building,Political Communication and Strategic Communication
Questions: How can we differentiate international, inter-cultural communication and public diplomacy?
The art of communicatin is to know and to be known, please comment.
4.Culture(October 4th)
Concepts:Political Culture, Entreprenurship, Strategic Culture, Diplomatic Culture and Media Culture
Questions:"The culture in which we grew up has a profound impact on how we see the world", do you agree?
Why do culture and civilization matter in the study of international communication and international relations?
5. Technology(October 11th)
Concepts:Gutenberg Galasxy, the Industrial Revolution,I-IV, the Mass Producation, the Technology of Transportation and Communication
Questions: What does the fourth industrial revolution mean to us?
Why do we need to learn about the supply, production and block chains? and how?
6. Political Man and the Rest(October 18th)
Concepts: Diplomat,Journalist, Public Opinion Leader, Foreign Policy Elite, the Masses and the Attentive Public
Questions: Why cognitive dissonance is so common even in this age of information?
Media is politics, do you agree?
7.Peace and War(October 25th)
Concepts: The War in Ukraine and Gaza, the Taiwan Strait Crisis, the Korean Peninsula Crisis, the South China Sea, NATO,G7,G20,Quad,Aukus,Pax Americana, Pax Consortia and Strategic Dialogue
Questions:How much do you know about "the Sputnik Moment" and "the Sleep Walkers"?
Peace-keeping and peace-making have grown with global diplomacy, please comment.
8.International(Westphalia) and the Virtual System(November 1st)
Concepts: Westphalia System, Virtual System,Global Village, Human Development Crisis and Information Umbrella
Questions: The virtual system is only a conceptual tool for us, do you agree?
How do the state and the media interact?
9. Mid-term Examination(November 8th)
10.Market(November 15th)
Concepts:Political Market, The Best Sellers, News Agents,the European Song Contest, Netflix and Merchants of Truth
Questions: Can we really treat politics and the media as a market?
Have you watched the CNN, the BBC, the NHK, the DW, the ChannelNews Asia,France 24,Aljazerra, Euronews and Taiwan Plus before? or read the New York Times,the Washington Post, the Economist and Time?What is your overall assessment?
11. Theories(November 22nd)
Concepts:Concept,Model,Theory, Analogy,Model-building,Theory-building,Professional Code and Practical Experience
Questions: Do you see yourself as a realist, a liberal or a social constructtivist?
How do you see McQuail's theories and models or Paul Levinson's"Digital McLuhan"?
12.Globalization(November 29th)
Concepts: Internationalization, the World Market,Global Connectivity,Co-interdependence, Man-Machine Symbiosis and Globalism
Questions: Is the world flat, curve or bumpy as we have experienced since the year of 2000?
Does globalization slow down or speed up as you see it?
13.Human Development Crisis, Climate Change and the Pandemic(December 6th)
Concepts:Human Security, Human Development, Resilience, Innovation, Modern Pandemic, the Pandemic Nationalism, 2024 United Nations Climate Change Confence(COP 29)
Questions: What does the new normal mean to international communication and international relations?
Is there a global revitalization for security, development and health architecture?
14.Ethics Prevail(December 13th)
Concepts:Freedom of Speech, Social Responsibility, the Right to Know, Deepfake, the Big Tech, the Corporate Interest and the Public Interest
Questions:How do you see Facebook and Meta, Google, Apple and Amazon?
Does it make sense to talk about ethics in media and diplomacy?
15.Diplomacy and Communication in the Virtual World(December 20th)
Concepts:Digital Governance, Digital Education, Digital Diplomact, Digital Trade, Social Innovation,Mutual Learning and the Wisdom Advocate
Questions: What does the media play in social innovation and the wisdom advocacy?
Does "the flying geese model" or "the murmuring starlings model" mean anything to you?
16. The Big Tech(December 27th)
Concepts: the Multinationals, the CNN Effects, the State and the Firm,the Artificial Intelligence(AI), Taiwan Semiconductor Manfacturing Company(TSMC),Huawei and Google
Questions:How much do you know about the Big Tech?
What roles does the company play in international communication and international relations?
17. Final Examination(January 3rd 2025)
Required readings: Acharya,Amitav and Buzan, The Making of Global International Relations(Cambridge University Press,2021)
Kegley, Charles. World Politics(Pearsons,2018)
McQuail, Denis. McQuail's Mass Communication(Sage,2010)
Levinson, Paul. Digital McLuhan: A Guide to the Information Millennium(Routedge,1999)
Suggested readings:McLuhan, Marshall. Understanding Media(1964),The Mechanical Bride(l951),The Gutenberg Galaxy(l962),Laws of Media(1988),The Global Village(l989).
Everett,Caleb. A Myriad of Tongues:How Languages Reveal Differences in How We Think(2023).
Berridge,G.B.Diplomacy: Theory and Practice(2002).
Kerr,Pauline and Wiseman,Geoffrey. Diplomacy in a Globalized World(2013)
Heine,Jorge and Thskur,Ramen. eds. Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy(2016)
Bjola,Corneliu and Manor,Ilan. eds. Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy(2024)
Galloway,Scott. The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon,Apple, Facebook and Google(Penguin,2017).
1.mid-term examination 50%
2.final examinations 50%
Students may be invited to give presentation in the class near the end of the term.
Please refer to the required and suggested readings listed above. For the rest, I recommend:
(1)Classic Readings:
Lasswell, Harold. Propaganda Technique in World War I.
Lippmann,Walter. Public Opinion.
Deutsch, Karl. The Nerve of Government.
(2)Selective Readings
Nye,Joseph. Soft Power(Public Affairs,2004) & The Future of Power(Public Affairs,2010).
Kello,Lucas. The Virtual Weapon and International Ordrer.
Roger, Everett. A History of Communication Study.
Meyer,Erin. The Cultural Map.
(3)Casual Readings:
Briggs,Asa and Burke, Peter. A Social History of the Media.
Holslag, Jonathan. A Political History of the World.
Ferguson,Niall.Civilization: The West and the Rest.
(4)Further References:
Snow,Nancy and Taylor,Philip,eds. Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy.
Jonsson and Langhorne,eds. Diplomacy, 3 Volumes.
Cull, Nicholas. Public Diplomacy:Foundations for Global Engagement in the Digital Age.
Chitty,Naren, Ji Li and Rawnsley,Gary,eds.Routledge Handbook of Soft Power.
(5)Recent Publications:
Kissinger,et al. The Age of AI and Our Human Future.
Bjola,Corneliu and Holmes,Marcus,eds. Digital Diplomacy.
Aral,Sinan. The Hype Machine.
Walker, Scott. Order Out of Chaos: A Kidnap Negotiator's Guide to Influence and Persuasion.
Renieris,E.M. Beyond Data:Reclaiming Human Rights at the Dawn of the Metaverse.
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