<p>Seminar, three and one half hours. Survey of theoretical perspectives on emergence of late-20th- and early-21st-century information societies from range of disciplines. Topics include nature of social change and development, theories of modernity and postmodernity, and social, economic, technological, and cultural shifts associated with information technologies and rise of information as commodity. Presentation of work of key writers and scholars in areas of information society policy and issues. 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 Catalog

Perspectives on Information Societies

INF STD 209

4 units