INFO 1200

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INFO 1200
Information Ethics, Law, and Policy

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024. Courses of Study 2023-2024 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This course investigates the ethical, legal, and policy foundations of contemporary information technology. Through lectures, readings, discussions, and short assignments, we will address contemporary challenges ranging from privacy in big data and social computing to the nature of innovation, property, and collaboration in a networked world. We will cover key areas of technology law and policy such as telecommunications and network policy; concentration and antitrust; free speech and the first amendment; intellectual property; and privacy, security and freedom of information. We will also address new ethical questions and controversies that law and policy has yet to sort out. Through this course you'll learn about the key frameworks, processes, and institutions that govern the contemporary world of technology, along with key theories and methods from the academic fields that shape and inform them (law, philosophy, economics, political science, communication, sociology, etc.). You'll also learn core writing and analytic skills central to success in the worlds of social science, law, policy, and many other settings. But above all you'll learn to engage critically and strategically with the worlds of information and technology around you, deciding what kind of information consumer, user, and citizen YOU want to be.  

When Offered Fall.

Distribution Category (CA-AS)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: STS 1201

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 10560 INFO 1200   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10564 INFO 1200   DIS 201

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    • R Hollister Hall 401
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10565 INFO 1200   DIS 202

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    • R Hollister Hall 401
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18800 INFO 1200   DIS 203

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    • R Phillips Hall 307
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18801 INFO 1200   DIS 204

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10568 INFO 1200   DIS 205

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    • F Phillips Hall 407
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10569 INFO 1200   DIS 207

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    • F Hollister Hall 368
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10570 INFO 1200   DIS 209

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    • F Phillips Hall 307
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10571 INFO 1200   DIS 210

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    • F Hollister Hall 314
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10572 INFO 1200   DIS 211

  •  
    • F Phillips Hall 307
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10573 INFO 1200   DIS 212

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10574 INFO 1200   DIS 213

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    • F Upson Hall 222
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10575 INFO 1200   DIS 214

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    • R Phillips Hall 213
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person