Information and Society

Catalog description

This course examines the nature, production, value and uses of information in historical perspective; the latest developments in information technology; the ways information is produced and disseminated and how they affect business, politics, media, science, arts and culture; the growth of the information society: and major information policy issues. This course is cross-listed with LIB 3040 and PAF 3040. Students will receive credit for COM 3040, LIB 3040, or PAF 3040. These courses may not substitute for each other in the F grade replacement policy.