LIS 10
LIS 10 Information and Society
[edit | edit source]LIS 10 is the GE offering of the UP School of Library and Information Studies.
Course Description
[edit | edit source]Appreciation of the role of information in human endeavors in the context of its creation, management, dissemination, and use in an increasingly information-driven society.
Course Credit
[edit | edit source]3 units
Course Type
[edit | edit source]General Education (GE) course
- Math, Science, and Technology (MST) Domain in the RGEP (2002) and the Hybrid RGEP (2012) Frameworks
- Program-Prescribed or Elective GE in the 2017 Revised GE Framework
Prerequisite/s
[edit | edit source]None
Course Outline
[edit | edit source]- Course Orientation
- I. Information Demystified: Fundamental Concepts of Information
- A. The Knowledge Spectrum
- B. Contexts and Characteristics of Information
- C. General Definition of Information (Floridi)
- D. Information as Thing (Buckland)
- E. Information as Phenomenon
- II. Information Process Frameworks
- A. Knowledge Infrastructure as a Process (Rubin)
- B. Information Transfer Cycle (Greer, et al.)
- III. MAKE iT!: Information Creation and Resources
- A. The Process of Information Creation
- B. Democratization of Information: From One to Many
- C. Information as Property: Issues on Ownership of Information
- IV. KEEP iT!: Information Storage and Preservation
- A. Motivations on Keeping and Preserving Information
- B. We Are What We Keep: Institutions of Memory
- C. The Ephemerality of Information and the Politics of Revisionism
- D. Privacy and Confidentiality in Safekeeping Information
- V. SHARE iT!: Information Dissemination
- A. Key Players in Information Dissemination: Industries and Institutions
- B. Making Information Look Good: Information Design and Visualization
- C. Gossip, Virality, and Trial by Publicity: Information Sharing in Physical and Virtual Environments
- VI. GET iT!: Information Retrieval and Access
- A. Talk Dewey to Me: Organization and Retrieval of Information
- B. Intellectual Freedom, Net Neutrality, and the Digital Divide
- C. Intellectual Property Activism, Free-Culture, and Open Source Movements
- D. Holding Governments Accountable: The Fight for Freedom of Information
- VII. USE iT!: Information Use and Analysis
- A. Information Use and the Information Society
- B. Information Literacy and Its Role in Society
- C. Information Disorders and the User’s Response
(As of Second Semester, 2019-2020. Topics subject to change on a per-term basis.)
