The information society (also referred to as post-industrial society, knowledge society & network society) is characterized by a significant increase in the use of information & communication technologies (ICTs) in day to day life. This course focuses on the internet and how ‘information’ has changed; the way we create knowledge and information, the way we search for it, and the way we circulate it has become a complex collaborative web of information building exchange (and sometimes overload) – but not without unintended consequences and social implications. We will look at information on two levels; information about the world and information about people in it. Students in this course will spend considerable time exploring and critiquing online information and social media applications in addition to creating and contributing to knowledge and information about the world we live in.
