IS 311

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History and Foundations of the Information Society

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Credit: 3 hours.

Today's information society bespeaks a long history, exhibiting marked continuities with the past as well as some sharply defined new features. Yet the historical foundations of the information society remain poorly understood. This course develops such a framework, by examining emergent information institutions and practices from early modern Europe to the later 20th century. It examines the historical development of the information society through a number of important conceptual lenses, including: modernity and post-modernity; Fordist and post-Fordist capitalism; social class and information poverty; social and technological determinism; utopianism and dystopianism; and empire and globalization.

Prerequisite: IS 202 Highly recommended.

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IS 311 class schedule data for fall 2021
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	73231	Lecture-Discussion	A	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	Grad Sch of Lib & Info Science	Brighton, J Wolske, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Section Info: Restricted to Information Sciences major initially. Sophomore standing or above. INFO Minors may register starting by noon 7/6/2021. Restrictions lifted by noon 7/20/2021. For more information about this major, please visit: http://go.ischool.illinois.edu/BSIS. Questions may be sent to bsis-advising@illinois.edu. Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing. Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.