Spring 2021

INFO 203 001 - LEC 001

Social Issues of Information

Morgan G Ames, Zoe Kahn

Jan 19, 2021 - Mar 04, 2021

Tu, Th

12:30 pm - 01:59 pm

Internet/Online

Class #:29641

Units: 3

Instruction Mode: Pending Review

Offered through School of Information

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 16

Enrolled: 34

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 50

Waitlist Max: 7

Open Reserved Seats:

20 reserved for Information Management and Systems: Masters & PhD Students

Other classes by Morgan G Ames

This course is designed to be an introduction to the topics and issues associated with information and information technology and its role in society. Throughout the semester we will consider both the consequence and impact of technologies on social groups and on social interaction and how society defines and shapes the technologies that are produced. Students will be exposed to a broad range of applied and practical problems, theoretical issues, as well as methods used in social scientific analysis. The four sections of the course are: 1) theories of technology in society, 2) information technology in workplaces 3) automation vs. humans, and 4) networked sociability.

Class Notes

Please note this class is a half-semester course that starts in the 1st half of the semester (1/19/21 - 3/4/21)

Due to COVID-19, this course will be taught remotely. Real-time attendance IS required for this course though exceptions can be made on individual basis. There will be an asynchronous video component that students can watch on their own time. There will be recordings of live sessions that students can watch on their own time but not the breakout discussions. show less