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Info 218: Concepts of Information School of Information, UC Berkeley, Spring 2011 (Full references, links, and additional sources are listed on the Readings page) 18 Jan: Introduction 20 Jan: Exercise:I-School identities Week 2 25 Jan: The history of "information" 27 Jan: history: Exercise/discussion Week 3 1 Feb: The informational state [I-School Conference panel] 3 Feb: How much ...: Exercise/discussion Week 4 8 Feb: How much information? 10 Feb: TBD Week 5 15 Feb: News 1: information and the rise of the public sphere 17 Feb: Public sphere: Exercise/discussion Week 4 Week 6 22 Feb: News 2: Information and objectivity 25 Feb: Objectivity: Exercise/discussion Week 7 1 Mar: Information and the state 3 Mar: No Class Technology: Transforming the Regulatory Endeavor Conference Week 8 8 Mar: Inforation to "Public knowledge": Exercise/discussion 10 Mar: Information and the organization of knowledge Week 9 15 Mar: Organization of Knowledge: Exercise/discussion 17 Mar: Theories of information I Week 10 Midterm break - No classes - Week 11 29 Mar: Theories of information II Preliminary discussion of final project/paper proposals 31 Mar: Cognitive science: Week 12 5 Apr: Information, economics, and development 7 Apr: finals paper/project outline discussion [outlines due] Week 13 12 Apr: Political Science 14 Apr: Memes Week 14 19 Apr: Political science/Memes Exercise/discussion 21 Apr: Searching for information Week 15 26 Apr: Information as Social Capital 28 Apr: Looking Backwards Week 16 3 May: Final paper/project presentations 5 May: Final paper/project presentations |