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SOCI 3810

Sociology 3810 WAO Information and Society

Historical course

Winter 2010

Topics

  • + 08 Introductions
  • Course Overview
  • Clarifying Terms
  • READ: B+D Preface and Introduction
  • + 15 Myths, Technologies, and Information
  • READ: Webster + 2
  • Mosco [on reserve]
  • + 22 Producing Information
  • Guest Lecture – Mr. D. Reid
  • READ: Webster
  • + 29 Privacy, Ethics, and Personal Information
  • Hough
  • Sharing Information: Paper, Conversation, and Innovation
  • READ: B+D +
  • Sharing Information
  • Independent Inquiry Day: Watch Helvetica
  • +12 Social Interaction and Information
  • READ: Utz 2009
  • Lewis and West
  • + 26 Communication and Information
  • Guest Lecture – Dr. D
  • Wolfe
  • READ: B+D
  • Information at Home
  • Spaces of Information: Maps, GPS/GIS, and GoogleEarth

Readings

  • Required: Brown, J.S. and P. Duguid (2002) The Social Life of Information. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. [abbreviated as „B+D‟ below]
  • Required: Webster, F. (2006) Theories of the Information Society. New York: Routledge. [also available as an e-book through the LU Library‟s website]
  • Required: Crampton, J. (2009) “Cartography: maps 2.0,” Progress in Human Geography 33(1): 91-100.
  • Required: Forlano, L. (2009) “WiFi Geographies: When Code Meets Place,” The Information Society 25(5): 344-352.
  • Required: Hough, M. (2009) “Keeping it to ourselves: Technology, privacy and the loss of reserve,” Technology in Society 31(4): 406-413.
  • Required: Hustwit, G. (2007) Helvetica. Swiss Dots/Veer. [available online at many locations, such as
  • Required: Lewis, J. and A. West (2009) “‟Friending‟: London-based undergraduates‟ experience of Facebook,” New Media and Society 11(7): 1209-1229.
  • Required: Mosco, V. (2005) “When Old Myths Were New: The Never-Ending Story,” (Ch.5) in The Digital Sublime: Myth, Power and Cyberspace. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Pp. 117-140. [On 2 hr. reserve in the library]
  • Required: Utz, S. (2009) “‟Egoboo‟ vs. altruism: The role of reputation in online consumer communities,” New Media and Society 11(3): 357-374.
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