Spring 2025
INFO 203 001 - LEC 001
Social Issues of Information
Morgan G Ames
Jan 21, 2025 - May 09, 2025
We
02:00 pm - 03:59 pm
Joan and Sanford I. Weill 101
Class #:30494
Units: 3
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
School of Information
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
-1
Enrolled: 71
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 70
Waitlist Max: 3
Open Reserved Seats:
1 reserved for Information Management and Systems: Masters & PhD Students
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 7 hours of outside work hours per week.
Other classes by Morgan G Ames
Course Catalog Description
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
Course will have 2 hours of lecture + 1 hour of async material each week.
This course is for I School MIMS & PhD students ONLY.
This course is for I School MIMS & PhD students ONLY.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Reserved Seating For This Term
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
1 reserved for Information Management and Systems: Masters & PhD Students
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
Guide to Open, Free, & Affordable Course Materials
Associated Sections
None