2021-2022 Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

FOR64180 - Linguistics and Online Media

(3 units)
This course examines the ways language is used in various media-particularly the internet and social media-to advance nefarious, subversive, or criminal objectives. The course focuses on the application of forensic linguistics to identifying and interrupting potentially violent behavior and addresses issues related to exploitation of the vulnerable for criminal purposes, the language of online bullying, and hate, radicalization and the pathway from ideology to violent action. The courses addresses these concepts against a backdrop of free speech and privacy.