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SIMS > Academics > Courses > Fall 2005 > IS290 > The Quality of Information


Paul Duguid

Geoffrey Nunberg

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I. Introduction

August 31: Infoenthusiasms


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II. Theoretical and Historical Issues

September 7: Quantity vs Quality

(1): Quantity
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September 15: Quantity vs Quality

(2): Quality and "rotten information"
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September 21: Economics, information, and quality

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September 28: Authors, authority, & reputation in the world of print

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October 5: Newspapers to blogs and the constitution of the "public sphere"

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October 12: Forms of knowledge: the dictionary

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October 19: Forms of authority

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     proposals for final papers due

October 26: Intellectual Property

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Journal Slides
Brands Slides

III. Applications

November 2: Search

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November 9: Literacy

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November 16: Libraries

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     outlines of final papers due

November 23: Discussion class

November 30: Open Source

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     final papers due

December 6: Presentation of final papers and discussion