Course Schedule
Week |
Date |
Topic |
Content & Reading Assignment |
In-class Hours |
Outside-of-class Hours |
|---|
1 |
Feb 19 |
Overview |
Course Overview |
3 |
1 |
2 |
Feb 26 |
Digital Empires |
Digital Empire, Introduction |
3 |
5 |
3 |
Mar 5 |
The Digital Mind: A Regulatory Landscape of the EU AI Act |
Guest Speaker: Prof. Shel Hsin-Hsuan Lin |
3 |
5 |
4 |
Mar 12 |
The American Market-Driven Regulatory Model |
Digital Empire, Ch.1 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
Mar 19 |
The Chinese State-Driven Regulatory Model |
Digital Empire, Ch.2 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
Mar 26 |
The European Rights-Driven Regulatory Model |
Digital Empire, Ch.3 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
Apr 2 |
Spring Break |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Apr 9 |
Between Freedom and Control |
Digital Empire, Ch.4 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
Apr 16 |
The Battle for Technological Supremacy |
Digital Empire, Ch.5 |
3 |
5 |
10 |
Apr 23 |
When Rights, Markets, and Security Collide |
Digital Empire, Ch.6 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
Apr 30 |
The Waning Global Influence of America |
Digital Empire, Ch.7 |
3 |
5 |
12 |
May 7 |
Exporting China's Digital Authoritarianism |
Digital Empire, Ch.8 |
3 |
5 |
13 |
May 14 |
Globalizing European Digital Rights |
Digital Empire, Ch.9 |
3 |
5 |
14 |
May 21 |
NCCU Day |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
15 |
May 28 |
Final Presentation |
N/A |
3 |
5 |
16 |
Jun 4 |
Final Presentation |
N/A |
3 |
5 |
17 |
Jun 11 |
Group Discussion & Paper |
N/A |
3 |
5 |
18 |
Jun 18 |
Group Discussion & Paper |
N/A |
3 |
5 |
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Bradford, Anu, 'Copyright Page', Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology (New York, 2023; online edn, Oxford Academic, 21 Sept. 2023)
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