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21 Jan: Information and "information" -- what's in a word?

Week 2
26 Jan: Ischool identities

28 Jan: Exercise/discussion: Consuming information

Week 3
2 Feb: How much information?

4 Feb: Exercise/discussion: Information and the public sphere

Week 4
9 Feb: Information and news


11 Feb: Information and the organization of knowledge


Week 5
16 Feb: Exercise/discussion: Wikipedia project


18 Feb: Exercise/discussion: Objectivity


Week 6
23 Feb: Information and the public

25 Feb: Exercise/discussion: Searching the law

Week 7
2 Mar: Legal information - Guest lecture

4 Mar: Exercise/discussion: Information and the census


Week 8
9 Mar: Information and the state


11 Mar: Information and politics:

Week 9
16 Mar: Information and politics: Exercise/discussion


18 Mar: Discussion of student papers and projects
[final project/paper proposals due]

Week 10
Midterm break
- No classes -

Week 11
30 Mar: Information science -- Guest lecture


1 Apr: Information theory-Philosophy of information


Week 12
6 Apr: Exercise/discussion:



8 Apr: Information and economics

Week 13
13 Apr:Information and economics (continued)

15 Apr: Philosophy of Information
(Brian Smith, guest)
[final project outlines due]


Week 14
20 Apr: Banwagon effects


22 Apr: Search


Week 15
27 Apr: Information and cognitive science


29 Apr: Information as social capital


Week 16