Course: Risk Behaviour on the Internet

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Course title Risk Behaviour on the Internet
Course code KSS/TRI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Meier Miroslav, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1) Cyberspace - a virtual computer world, a global computer network. 2) Internet and Internet communication, pitfalls of user anonymity, data abuse. Specifics of social networks. 3) Typical situations threatening Internet users. 4) Cyberbullying: specifics in children and adolescents. 5) Dependence on technology, on the Internet, on online games and its consequences. 6) Ways of safe internet behaviour. 7) Possibilities of social work in the area of prevention of risky behaviour on the Internet. Seminars: 1) Specific problems of children in cyberspace, specifics of women - mothers, families, lonely people and seniors. 2) Example of Facebook and user behaviour on it. Possible threats to social network users. 3) Cases of child victims of Internet crime. 4) Forms of cyberbullying in adults. The consequences of cyberbullying among children. 5) Internet Addiction Disorder in relation to mobile phones. 6) Creation of a preventive program aimed at negative phenomena associated with Internet use and other technologies. 7) Possibilities of social work in sexting.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Students' portfolio
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) - 62 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to present cyberspace, the Internet and social networks as an important field of interest in social work. The object of interest is cyberspace and its possibilities, limits and risks. Students will learn about the possibilities of prevention of risky behaviour on the Internet and with the possibility of social work in cyberspace.
The aim of the course is to present cyberspace, the Internet and social networks as an important field of interest in social work. The object of interest is cyberspace and its possibilities, limits and risks. Students will learn about the possibilities of prevention of risky behaviour on the Internet and with the possibility of social work in cyberspace.
Prerequisites
Social work and consecutive knowledge gained through the educational backround.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student's performance analysis

Active participation in lessons; elaboration and presentation of a draft for a preventive program enhancing safe behaviour on the Internet.
Recommended literature
  • BLINKA, L. Online závislosti.. Praha: Grada., 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-5311-9.
  • ČERNÁ, A., ed. Kyberšikana. Průvodce novým fenoménem.. Praha: Grada., 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4577-0.
  • ECKERTOVÁ, L. Hustej Internet.. Praha: Prachal Petr., 2014. ISBN 978-80-87003-39-8.
  • HULANOVÁ, L. Internetová kriminalita páchaná na dětech.. Praha: Triton., 2012. ISBN 978-80-7387-545-9.
  • KRATOCHVÍLOVÁ, H. Děti a internet ? pohled z praxe kurátorky pro děti a mládež.. Sociální práce/Sociálna práca. [Online]. [vid 21. 4. 2018]., 2014. ISBN bez ISBN.
  • ROGERS, V. Kyberšikana.. Praha: Portál., 2011. ISBN 978-80-7367-984-2.


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