STS 1201

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STS 1201
Information Ethics, Law, and Policy

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

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 Spring.

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: INFO 1200

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 10577 STS 1201   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10578 STS 1201   DIS 201

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

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10579 STS 1201   DIS 202

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

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10580 STS 1201   DIS 203

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

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10581 STS 1201   DIS 204

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10582 STS 1201   DIS 205

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

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10583 STS 1201   DIS 207

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

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10584 STS 1201   DIS 209

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

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10585 STS 1201   DIS 210

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

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10586 STS 1201   DIS 211

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

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10587 STS 1201   DIS 212

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10589 STS 1201   DIS 213

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

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10590 STS 1201   DIS 214

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

    • Susser, D

      Vidan, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person