L564: Information Technology & Society

Week 21S514: Information Technology & SocietyQuestionnaire from Last WeekMovies that illustrates computerization of society

The Social Network1Minority Report3Tron1Gattaca1Wall-E1The Gods Must Be Crazy1None1Elysium1SLIS S51422Poster ExampleSLIS S5143

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Announcement cont. SLIS S5148Assignment #1 (Analytical review of journal/magazine)More examples of journals/magazinesInformation Technology & PeopleNew Media & SocietyLibrary + Information UpdateLibrary Hi Tech Computers in Libraries MagazineAnnouncement- cont.SLIS S5149Assignment #1 (Analytical review of journal/magazine)Think about this way: You got a dream job, and your boss ask you to endorse a journal/magazine to subscribe for the department to learn more about social aspects of ITSuggestions for examining journals/magazines:Genres (Kling, 1994)Topics coveredContributors/AudiencesRelevancyDiscourse Announcement- cont.SLIS S51410Assignment #1 (Analytical review of journal/magazine)Please post the chosen journal/magazine to Oncourse before the class on Week 3 (September 10)

Proposal for the final project (doctoral students)Submit a proposal by Week 4 (September 17)Genre of Discourse about Computerization (Kling, 1994, p. 160)Utopian GenresEmpirically anchored genresTechnological UtopianismAnti-utopianismSocial RealismSocial TheoryAnalytical ReductionSLIS S51411+ Hybrid discoursesDiscourses about IT & Social ChangeSLIS S51412How would you characterize the primary genres of each of the readings assigned for this week?What are some of the pitfalls of technological utopian genres? Of anti-utopian genres?Discourses about IT & Social ChangeSLIS S51413What might be some of the practical consequences of reading primarily technological utopian or technological utopian discourses?What advantages might these discourses have? Under what circumstances?What are some alternative genres to technological-utopian and anti-utopian genres?What is Web 2.0?SLIS S51414Get 3 index cardsComplete the following a statement in each card:Web 2.0 is .Prioritize cards in order of your perceived importance

What is Web 2.0?SLIS S51415Goal: Improve your hands to better represent your own thinking by exchanging cards with those on the table. You must have a total of 3 cards

by exchanging cards with each other. Try to see as many cards as you can

What is Web 2.0?SLIS S51416Form coalitions. A group needs to agree on a total of 3 cards

Each coalition designs a T-shirt based upon the 3 chosen cards, which communicates the groups positionCopyright with everyones nameShare the T-shirt with othersEach coalition selects a representative to read the 3 cards and to present the T-shirt