Information and data as concepts and aspects of everyday experience. Creation, sharing, authorization, and valuing of information with implications for society. Critical perspectives and practices to engage with data, information, and technologies for personal productivity, scholarly inquiry, and civic engagement.
Theory, methods, and approaches for the analysis, design, and evaluation of information objects, activities, systems, and infrastructures in contemporary societies.
Introduces network concepts and methods for exploring social and organizational connectivity for work, socializing, and knowledge production. Examines impact of social media on connections that span space and place; peer production on authority structures; ubiquitous mobile connectivity on daily life.
Design of interactive information systems informed by human capabilities and behavior. Application of contemporary information design principles and practices to the conceptualization, creation, and testing of real-world prototypes of information objects and applications. Recommended pre-requisite: INFO 100. Prerequisite: INFO 200.
Design, construction and critique of digital collections from a cultural informatics perspective.
Interdisciplinary approaches to theorizing, evaluating, envisioning, and designing information systems as assemblages of society and technology that can favor historically, persistently, or systemically marginalized groups and communities.
Aspects of technical implementation and societal impact of search engines. Explores how Google and other Internet search engines are powerful, global, and non-neutral tools that drive economies and shape our views of the world. Recommended pre-requisite: INFO 200.
Personal and collective constructions of the past from collections of digital artefacts. Emphasis on history, social movements, lived experience, and public life.
Basic theory and practice required to visually represent information. Introduces design principles and practical skills to create effective information visualizations. Examines effect of different visual representations on understanding and meaning.
Cultural narratives, values, and practices promoted by media technologies designed for children/youth and the tensions they create.
Develops capabilities required to assess the need for information policies in professional contexts, evaluate relevant socio-technical dimensions and envision likely implications for specific communities and practice settings.