LIS 10

LIS 10 Information and Society

LIS 10 is the GE offering of the UP School of Library and Information Studies.

Course Description

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

3 units

Course Type

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

None

Course Outline

• Course Topics
• Course Orientation

1. I. Information Demystified: Fundamental Concepts of Information
   1. The Knowledge Spectrum
   2. Contexts and Characteristics of Information
   3. General Definition of Information (Floridi)
   4. Information as Thing (Buckland)
   5. Information as Phenomenon
2. II. Information Process Frameworks
   1. A. Knowledge Infrastructure as a Process (Rubin)
   2. B. Information Transfer Cycle (Greer, et al.)
3. III. MAKE iT!: Information Creation and Resources
   1. A. The Process of Information Creation
   2. B. Democratization of Information: From One to Many
   3. C. Information as Property: Issues on Ownership of Information
4. IV. KEEP iT!: Information Storage and Preservation
5. A. Motivations on Keeping and Preserving Information
6. B. We Are What We Keep: Institutions of Memory
7. C. The Ephemerality of Information and the Politics of Revisionism
8. D. Privacy and Confidentiality in Safekeeping Information
9. V. SHARE iT!: Information Dissemination
10. A. Key Players in Information Dissemination: Industries and Institutions
11. B. Making Information Look Good: Information Design and Visualization
12. C. Gossip, Virality, and Trial by Publicity: Information Sharing in Physical and Virtual Environments
13. VI. GET iT!: Information Retrieval and Access
14. A. Talk Dewey to Me: Organization and Retrieval of Information
15. B. Intellectual Freedom and Censorship
16. C. Net Neutrality and the Digital Divide
17. D. Intellectual Property Activism, Free-Culture, and
18. Open Source Movements
19. E. Holding Governments Accountable:
20. The Fight for Freedom of Information
21. VII. USE iT!: Information Use and Analysis
22. A. Information Use and the Information Society
23. B. Information Literacy and Its Role in Society
24. C. Information Disorders and the User’s Response

(As of Second Semester, 2019-2020. Topics subject to change without prior notice.)