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DTC 356: Information Structures (Fall 2017)
- Author(s):
- Roger Whitson (see profile)
- Date:
- 2017
- Group(s):
- Digital Humanists, Digital Pedagogy, ProfHacker
- Subject(s):
- Data curation, Digital humanities, Library science, Information science, Mass media--Study and teaching
- Item Type:
- Syllabus
- Tag(s):
- Data Librarianship, Library & Information Science, data, Library and information science, Media studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6G18V
- Abstract:
- Catalog Description 356 Information Structures 3 Course Prerequisite: DTC 101. Social and cultural role of information; research with electronic sources; production, validation, storage, retrieval, evaluation, use, impact of electronic information. (Crosslisted course offered as DTC 356, ENGLISH 356). Course Description DTC 356 explores the cultural, aesthetic, and political roles of information and data. Beginning with library classification systems and the structures of Wikipedia, this course then turns to the technological and engineering aspects of data as it is disseminated worldwide, while also exploring how visualization techniques use art and metaphor to communicate complex data to multiple audiences. The course ends with a consideration of hackers and cyberwar, exploring the methods used to strike digital infrastructures and control global populations.
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- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
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