Seminar in Social Informatics

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• Course #: LIS 590 SSI
• Instructors: Bertram (Chip) Bruce & Les Gasser
• Semester: Spring 2006
• Time: Thursday, 1:00-3:50 p.m.
• Place: 308 LIS
• Credit: 4 hours

Description: Social Informatics (SI) is the study of relationships between social systems and information/communication technologies (ICTs). This course introduces the major theories underpinning contemporary SI research. It also covers descriptive and analytical accounts of how ICTs and social systems work, and studies of the dilemmas that regularly emerge at the intersection of ICTs and human social activity. Since ICTs (broadly construed) pre-date computing technology, the course considers historical foundations of Social Informatics thought.

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