Virtual Diplomacy
Course: Diplomacy and International Cooperation
Structural unit: Educational and scientific institute of international relations
Title
Virtual Diplomacy
Code
ВБ 8.2
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2024/2025
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
To know the conceptual and methodological approaches to the implementation of diplomatic work with the tools of virtual diplomacy;
To know the peculiarities of the work of the Foreign Ministry on the Internet;
To know the specifics of the organization of interaction with the public through social media;
To know the rules of conduct for diplomats on social media;
To be able to conduct information retrieval, analysis of the content of documents and analytical and synthetic processing of information, to form a final document;
To be able to analyze the features of the information field in the host country;
To be able to form the concept of positioning the diplomatic mission of the state abroad;
To ability to participate in discussions, focus on the main components of the research question;
To ability to work in mini-groups to achieve the goals of analytical work;
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
- To know the conceptual approaches to the development of the modern system of international relations; basics of organization of diplomatic work; aspects of Ukraine's foreign policy.
- To be able to analyze and summarize information / data on current international events.
- To have the skills of scientific analysis and conceptual thinking.
Course content
Module 1.
1. Formation of virtual diplomacy in modern political practice.
2. Typology of virtual representation in the system of international relations.
3. US Virtual diplomacy.
4. Instruments of virtual diplomacy of the Federal Republic of Germany.
5. Functioning virtual representations of Canada and the UK.
Module 2.
6. Virtual diplomacy tools of France and Finland.
7. Online activities of diplomatic missions of the State of Israel and Japan.
8. Prospects of virtual diplomacy of the Republic of Poland.
9. Virtual diplomacy in Ukraine's foreign policy.
10. Practice of Ukraine's diplomatic missions on the Internet.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, practical tasks
Assessment methods and criteria
1. Oral answers, comments – up to 40 points.
2. Tasks for individual works – up to 40 points.
3. Module control works – up to 20 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Nataliia
Pipchenko
International Relations and Foreign Policy Department
Educational and scientific institute of international relations
Educational and scientific institute of international relations
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
International Relations and Foreign Policy Department
Educational and scientific institute of international relations