FI:I064 Information Society - Course Information

I064 Information Society

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 1998

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

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2002.