I064 Information Society

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2000
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Mojmír Křetínský, CSc.
Department of Computer Science – Faculty of Informatics
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.
Literature
  • GATES, Bill, Nathan MYHRVOLD and Peter RINEARSON. Informační dálnice. Translated by Petr Koubský. Vyd. 1. Praha: Management Press, 1996, 229 s. ISBN 80-85943-28-X. info
  • TAPSCOTT, Don. The digital economy : promise and peril in the age of networked intelligence. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996, xviii, 342. ISBN 0070622000. info
  • GATES, Bill. The road ahead :completely revised and up-to-date. 2nd ed. London: Penguin Books, 1996, xviii, 332. ISBN 0-14-024351-8. info
  • MCLUHAN, Marshall. Understanding media : the extensions of man. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1995, xxiii, 365. ISBN 0262631598. info
  • DAVIS, Stan and Bill DAVIDSON. Vize roku 2020 :kniha pro chvíle uvolnění. Translated by Rudolf Štefec. 1. vyd. Praha: ART press, 1995, 264 s. ISBN 80-212-0122-3. info
  • TOFFLER, Alvin. Šok z budoucnosti. Translated by Stanislav Mundil. 1. vyd. Praha: Práce, 1992, 284 s. ISBN 80-208-0160-X. info
  • LUHAN MAC, Marshall. Jak rozumět médiím. 1. vyd. Praha: Odeon, 1991, 349 s. info
  • TOFFLER, Alvin. The third wave. New York: Bantam Books, 1990, 537 s. ISBN 0-553-24698-4. info
  • TOFFLER, Alvin. Třetí vlna. [S.l.: s.n.], 1989, 834 s. info
  • TOFFLER, Alvin. Future shock. 15th print. New York: Bantam Books, 1971, 561 s. info
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 1999, Spring 2002.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2000, recent)
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