Date |
Readings/Assignment |
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Course Introduction
- Reading: Shapiro & Hughes; Albrecht; and Hasulo
- Assignments due:
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Week Two
(January 24)
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What is information?
- Reading: Jonscher, ch. 2
- Assignments due:
- Discussion Board (5 pts)
- "Discovery" topic due
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Week 3
(January 31)
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Technology's impact on information
- Reading: Chandler, ch. 1 and Eco
- Assignments due:
- Discussion Board (5 pts)
Reading synthesizer: Jenny Stamper
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Week 4
(February 7)
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Technology's impact on information, cont.
- Reading: Shenk, ch. 2 and O'Donnell, ch. 3
- Assignments due:
- Discussion Board (5 pts)
Reading synthesizer: Ron Walston
- TWC598: email about Graduate Assignment
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Week 5
(February 14) |
How do I find it? Organizing information
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Reading: Bates
- Assignment due:
- Discussion Board (5 pts)
Reading synthesizer: Stephanie Chadwick
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Week 6
(February 21) |
News, popular press, and media cross-ownership
- Reading: Ellis
- Assignment due:
- Discussion Board (5 pts)
Reading synthesizer: Kim Engel
- "Discovery", part two due Feb. 27th
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Week 7
(February 28) |
Academic scholarship and information
- Reading: Alozie and Solomon
- Assignment due:
- Discussion Board (5 pts)
Reading synthesizer: Stephanie Moos
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Week 8
(March 7) |
Information life cycle: from event to analysis
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Week 9
(March 14) |
Spring Break! |
Week 10
(March 21) |
The "information economy"
- Reading: TBA
- Assignment due:
- Discussion Board (5 pts)
Reading synthesizer: Greg Christofolo
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Week 11
(March 28) |
Intellectual property and copyright basics
- Reading: Copyright Primer
- Assignment due:
- Reading synthesizer: Judy Judson
- Discussion Board (5 pts)
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Week 12
(April 4) |
Who owns it? intellectual property and copyright, cont.
- Reading: Boucher and Lessig
- Assignment due:
- Discussion Board (5 pts)
Reading synthesizer: Steve Coots
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Week
13
(April 11) |
Who owns it? Open access and open source
- Reading: Suber and Free Software
- Assignment due:
- Discussion Board (5 pts)
Reading synthesizer: Justin Susnik
- "Discovery", part three due April 17th
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Week 14
(April 18) |
Is it mine? Information and privacy
- Reading: TBA
- Assignment due:
- Discussion Board (5 pts)
Reading synthesizer: Chrissy Hagen
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Week 15
(April 25) |
Who decides? Information and censorship
- Reading: TBA
- Assignment due:
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Week 16
(May 2) |
Wrapping up
- Reading: TBA
- Assignment due:
- Discussion Board (5 pts)
Reading synthesizer: Tia Nelson/Dan Bogan
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