Tentative Weekly Schedule for
Social and Cultural Impact of Information
IS 209, Fall 2001, room 121 GSE&IS
Sept 26 | Oct 3 | Oct
10 | Oct 17 | Oct 24 |
Oct
31 | Nov 7 | Nov 14 | Nov
21 | Nov 28 |
Dec 5 | Dec
12
Sept 26
Introduction to the course
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Before class read the following:
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What is this class about? (see main
homepage, previous
class versions)
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Sociology of Knowledge -- examining concepts (crusade, coward, terrorist,
freedom fighter, violence, internment camps, god, ...)
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Discussion of Working Groups (see list
of potential Working Groups)
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Preliminary formation of Working Groups
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Recent News Articles
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D-Lib Magazine
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Reading Assignments for next week (see next week's listing)
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This Saturday Sept 29, see Craig Baldwin's film Spectres
of The Spectrum, 9 PM, Midnight
Special Books on Santa Monica 3rd St Promenade
Oct 3
Background, History, Review of Terminology
Sociology of Knowledge
Deconstruction of The Media, Technology
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Before class read:
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Joy, Bill (2000). Why
the future doesn't need us, Wired Magazine 8.04, April
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Robins Kevin and Les Levidow (1995). "Soldier, Cyborg, Citizen" in Brook
& Boal's Resisting the Virtual Life
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Wilson, Patrick (1977). "Public Knowledge" (Chapter 1, especially
read pages 3-13) in Public Knowledge, Private Ignorance: Towards
a Library and Information Policy, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press
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Wilson, Patrick(1983). "First-Hand and Second-Hand Knowledge" and " Cognitive
Authority" (Chapters 1 & 2, pp. 1-37) in Second-Hand Knowledge:
An Inquiry Into Cognitive Authority, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood
Press.
Discussion of Spectres of the Spectrum
Time for Focus Groups to meet
Set date for final project presentations
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This Thurs, Oct 4, see ALA President John W. Berry talk about Libraries
in the New Millennium: The Challenges of a Networked World at 3PM in
room 111
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Recent News Articles
Oct 10
Background, History, Review of Terminology
Myths, Deconstruction of Social Phenomena
The Internet and changing social structures
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Before class read:
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Besser, Howard. (1998). The
Shape of the 21st Century Library, in Milton Wolf et. al. (eds.), Information
Imagineering: Meeting at the Interface, Chicago: American Library Association,
pages 133-146
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Besser, Howard. (1995). The
Information SuperHighway: Social and Cultural Impact Chapter from Resisting
the Virtual Life: The Culture and Politics of Information, edited by
Jim Brook and Iain Boal, City Lights Books, 1995
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Besser, Howard. (1994). Movies-on-demand
May Significantly Change the Internet appeared in the October 1994
ASIS
Bulletin theme issue on Entertainment Technology and Information
Services
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Recent News Articles
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Finalizing formation of Working Groups
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Reading Assignments for next week (see next week's listing)
Oct 17
Continued discussion on myths and on technology and changing social structures
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Before class read the following from Brook & Boal's Resisting the
Virtual Life:
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Gandy, Oscar, It's Discrimination, Stupid!
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Carlsson, Chris, The Shape of Truth to Come: New Media and Knowledge
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Miller, Laura, Women and Children First: Gender and the Settling of
the Electronic Frontier
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Sclove, Richard, Making Technology Democratic
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Henwood, Doug, Info Fetishism
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Brook, James, Reading and Riding with Borges
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Boal, Iain, A Flow of Monsters: Luddism and Virtual Technologies
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Simmons, John, Sade and Cyberspace
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Recent News Articles
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Reading and Working Group Assignments for next week (see next week's listing)
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A Clash
of Cultures on the Internet, Howard Besser, San Francisco Chronicle,
Aug 25, 1994
Oct 24
Discussion of Working Groups, Final Projects
Issues of electronic distribution of visual media, distribution models
Privacy Issues
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Recent News Articles
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Assignment due:
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A group webpage containing at least a one-paragraph statement of your Working
Group focus and goals, plus a suggested list of readings. When you're
satisfied with this webpage, send the URL to Howard.
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Assignment due; read the following:
Oct 31
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Assignment due:
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You should have done the following readings:
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Your focus group should have watched the 1st science fiction film
Nov 7
Distance Learning, Special Topics
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Recent News Articles
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Before class read the following articles on Distance Learning
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Distanced
Education: Fast Times at Ronald McDonald U., Jesse Drew, Processed
World 2.001, Summer 2001
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Issues
and Challenges for the Distance-Independent Environment, Howard Besser,
JASIS, 11/96
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The
Impact of Distance-Independent Education, Howard Besser & Maria
Bonn, JASIS, 11/96
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Transforming Libraries, Issue
#6: Distance Learning, Association of Research Libraries, September,
1998
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Read at least 2 Parts of David Noble's Digital
Diploma Mills (1997-99)
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review Howard's Distance
Education Links
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Send a one-paragraph description of your final project to Howard
(besser@ucla.edu)
Nov 14
Science Fiction Discussion
Reports from Working Groups
Follow-up Discussion on Distance Learning
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Recent News Articles
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Each focus group should be prepared to give a 10-minute presentation
on what they've been doing
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Assignment due: Your focus group should have watched the 2nd science
fiction film
Nov 21
Nov 28
Working Group
Final Presentations in Class (approx 15 min each)
Sumarization of Course
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Written versions of all final Papers/Projects due Dec 7 (html preferred,
linked off Focus Grp site)
Dec 5 -- Work session; no class
Dec 12
Final Student Project Presentations in Class (approx 10 min each)
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