INFO 5330

Technology, Media, and Democracy

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

This course brings together journalism, design, and technical disciplines to understand the various threats to journalism and media, and attempt to address these challenges using technical and computational methods and techniques. The free press, journalism and the media are some of the most critical elements of our democracy, but have been increasingly under attack by political and market forces. These challenges include: dwindling resources and support for deep investigative journalism; smear, law and technical and even physical assaults of media organizations and journalists; challenges to credibility and reliability including fake news and discrediting campaigns; and shifting business models and income sources that threaten both local and national news organizations and coverage. The course will include various elements that will help frame the problem and build/prototype solutions and will be deeply rooted in interactions with independent media organizations.

When Offered Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: Cornell Tech students.

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