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Psychological aspects of using information and new media

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Kod przedmiotu: 2401-OG-EN-PAUINM
Kod Erasmus / ISCED: (brak danych) / (0322) Bibliotekoznawstwo, informacja naukowa i archiwistyka Kod ISCED - Międzynarodowa Standardowa Klasyfikacja Kształcenia (International Standard Classification of Education) została opracowana przez UNESCO.
Nazwa przedmiotu: Psychological aspects of using information and new media
Jednostka: Wydział Filozofii i Nauk Społecznych
Grupy: Zajęcia ogólnouniwersyteckie w j. obcym na WFiNS
Punkty ECTS i inne: (brak) Podstawowe informacje o zasadach przyporządkowania punktów ECTS:
  • roczny wymiar godzinowy nakładu pracy studenta konieczny do osiągnięcia zakładanych efektów uczenia się dla danego etapu studiów wynosi 1500-1800 h, co odpowiada 60 ECTS;
  • tygodniowy wymiar godzinowy nakładu pracy studenta wynosi 45 h;
  • 1 punkt ECTS odpowiada 25-30 godzinom pracy studenta potrzebnej do osiągnięcia zakładanych efektów uczenia się;
  • tygodniowy nakład pracy studenta konieczny do osiągnięcia zakładanych efektów uczenia się pozwala uzyskać 1,5 ECTS;
  • nakład pracy potrzebny do zaliczenia przedmiotu, któremu przypisano 3 ECTS, stanowi 10% semestralnego obciążenia studenta.

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Język prowadzenia: angielski
Wymagania wstępne:

(tylko po angielsku) Lack.

Całkowity nakład pracy studenta:

(tylko po angielsku) Contact hours with teacher:

- participation in laboratory - 15 hrs (in 2021 asynchronously on the Moodle platform)

Self-study hours:


- preparation for laboratory – 30 hrs

- preparing presentation – 45 hrs

- reading literature - 30 hrs



Altogether: 120 hrs (4 ECTS)


Efekty uczenia się - wiedza:

(tylko po angielsku) Student:

W1: has knowledge about the cognitive and emotional aspects of using information and new media

W2: has knowledge about sources of information

W3: has knowledge about information and new media users and methods of examining them

W4: has knowledge about pathologies of information (for example: information overload, Internet addiction disorder, fear of missing out)

W5: has knowledge about specifics of fake news


Efekty uczenia się - umiejętności:

(tylko po angielsku) Student:

U1: acquires a skill in recognizing the psychological aspects of using information and new media

U2: acquires a skill in characterizing of information sources and users

U3: acquires a skill in choosing methods of examining of information and new media users

U4: acquires a skill in diagnosing pathologies of information (for example: information overload, Internet addiction disorder, fear of missing out)

U5: acquires a skill in recognizing the fake news

Efekty uczenia się - kompetencje społeczne:

(tylko po angielsku) Student:

K1: sees diversity of the problems associated with the pathological use of information and new media

K2: understands the need to educate society in recognizing fake news

K3: can cooperate in projects to examine users of information and their functioning in the environment of new technologies and media


Metody dydaktyczne:

(tylko po angielsku) Exposed teaching methods:

- a display

Expository teaching methods:

- informative lecture

Seeking teaching methods:

- observation

- presentation

- case study


Skrócony opis: (tylko po angielsku)

On the course will be discussed psychological aspects of using information and new media. The following issues will be presented: cognitive and emotional processes affect the distortion and reception of information, Internet users, Internet addiction, FOMO, information overload and recognition of false information.

Pełny opis: (tylko po angielsku)

We live in a fast-growing and changing world in which new technologies and media take the lead role. They contribute to the fact that gigabytes of information are produced daily. The contemporary person must learn to function in the situation of information overload, immunize the addictive action of information and new media, and acquire the ability to distinguish between true and false information. During the course the following issues will be discussed: how the brain processes information, what cognitive and emotional processes affect the distortion and reception of information, what groups of information and new media users are distinguished, what is the Internet addiction and fear of missing out, what is information overload and how to distinguish between real and false information.

Literatura: (tylko po angielsku)

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2. Allen D., Wilson T., Information overload: Context and causes, “New Review of Information Behaviour Research” 2013, no. 4(1), p. 31-44. Accessible in WWW: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250890557_Information_overload_Context_and_causes.

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Metody i kryteria oceniania: (tylko po angielsku)

Assessment methods:

- presentation – max. 60 pts (60%)

- activity – max. 20 pts (20%)

- attendance in course – max. 20 pts (20%)

Assessment criteria:

fail - more than one absences, lack of activity and meeting the criteria for presentation less than 45 pts (less than 45%)

satisfactory - attendance in the course, activity and meeting the criteria for presentation – 45-60 pts (45% (inclusive) - to 60% (exclusively)

satisfactory plus - attendance in the course, activity and meeting the criteria for presentation – 60-70 pts (60% (inclusive) - to 70% (exclusively)

good - attendance in the course, activity and meeting the criteria for presentation – 70-80 pts (70% (inclusive) - to 80% (exclusively)

good plus- attendance in the course, activity and meeting the criteria for presentation – 80-90 pts (80% (inclusive) - 90% (exclusively)

very good – attendance in the course, activity and meeting the criteria for presentation – 90-100 pts (90% (inclusive) to 100%

Praktyki zawodowe: (tylko po angielsku)

Not applicable.

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