I064 Information Society

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 1999
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • This course deals with the impact of Information Technologies on society, with the nature of computer (information) revolution, and the advent of an information society.
  • Informatics in historical perspective.
  • Computer revolution.
  • Productivity paradox.
  • The Internet and WWW.
  • Digital economy.
  • Network economy and virtual communities.
  • Organizational and company structure.
  • Organizational transformation.
  • Teleceoomunications and information infrastructure.
  • Legal aspects of an information society.
  • Ethical problems.
  • Riskc of computing technology.
  • Social impacts.
  • Grading is based on a final essay.
  • There is a seminar I057 Seminar on Information Society accompanying this course for students interested in presenting up-to-date material based on literature on an information society.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 1998, Spring 2000, Spring 2002.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 1999, recent)
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