<p>Lecture, five hours. Designed for undergraduate students. Introduction to core concepts of information and power and relation between them in range of social, economic, political, cultural, technological, and institutional contexts. Topics include information markets and economies; power of cultural and media institutions; state interests in information; information, conflict, and warfare; information organization, classification, and access; power and information technology infrastructure; and intellectual freedom. Letter grading.</p>

Information Studies

The school engages in fundamental work on what matters most in education and information studies in the 21st century: the discovery and application of usable knowledge at the crossroads of policy and practice.

School of Education and Information Studies

The principal goal of research and practice in information studies is to support the making of culture and community in an increasingly pluralist, globalizing world.

General Education — Social Analysis (Society & Culture)

General Catalog

Information and Power

INF STD 10

5 units