Introduction to Information Studies
IADL 1110 (3)Introduction to systems of information and how they impact our current social and cultural life. This course introduces organizing systems and classification, definitions of information, intellectual property and copyright, information formats, information ethics, and the history and structure of the internet. Other topics may include the history of information, social media, the attention economy, Wikipedia, net neutrality, and algorithmic bias.
Meets New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 1: Communication.
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