Modul 25008: Master - Selected Media and Technology Topics
'Transforming Towards the Sharing Economy'
(WS '14/'15)

C. Loebbecke
2 SWS, 6 CP

Held in English!
 

Overview
During the course we will read and discuss up to two major pieces on the sharing economy: 'Rifkin, J. (2014) The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism' and 'Shirky, C. (2008) Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations'. The idea is to be aware of the authors' arguments and to discuss them in light of ongoing value creation initiatives in the digital era.

 

Dates and Location
Oct 17, Nov 7, Dec 12, '14, and Jan 23, '15, all 12:30-17:30 in HS XXIII WiSo-Building. Exact and more detailed (shorter) times will be announced to registered students !
 

Grading

Grading will be based on

Students receiving a final grade of 4,0 or better will be awarded 6 Credit Points ('Leistungspunkte').

 

Required Preparation

All students should read (1) Rifkin, Chapter 1, and (2) Shirky, Chapter 2, BEFORE the 1st session. We will discuss those chapters in the first session.

Students can get the books online any time ... And we will provide you with those chapters by eMail after having forwarded your course registration (see online link below) to the WiSo-PA on  03.10.'14.

(The approval of the registration by the WiSo-PA makes it binding in terms of credits and 'Maluspunkte'.)

 

Literature

Rifkin, J. (2014) The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism, Macmillan, New York, NY, US.

Shirky, C. (2008) Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations, Penguin Press, New York, NY, US.

 

Assignments

Written assignments will be given during the first session ─ they will refer to analyzing and discussing one or two selected book chapters against the general course theme.

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