CORE012 Information Society

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc.
Department of Computer Science – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Vojtěch Řehák, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Computer Science – Faculty of Informatics
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(BM) && FORMA(P)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 15/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
Course objectives
The goal of this course is to introduce the nature of wider impacts of Informatics on the society.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to understand and explain the nature of wider impacts of Informatics on the society; to use information about events characteristic for the impact of the information revolution; to draw parallels with the industrial revolution; to explain and characterize events and processes associated with the formation of information society; to better comprehend the role of the information and communication technologies in the society not only as technical tools, but also as a phenomenon enabling social processes transformation; to understand newly emerging organizational structures both in business and in e-government resulting from intensification of the information processing; to understand the nature of innovative processes associated with informatics and to thing through the consequences of differencec from prevailing older paradigms; to grasp idea of the structure of policies assiciated with information society; to present thoughful analyses of nontechnical impacts of widespread availability and use of services based on information processing; to think through and creatively develop designs of new possible applications; to develop motivation for future theoretical or practical work in this area.
Syllabus
  • This course deals with the impact of Information Technologies on society, with the nature of computer (information) revolution, and the advent of an information society.
  • Informatics in historical perspective.
  • Computer revolution.
  • Productivity paradox.
  • The Internet and WWW.
  • Digital economy.
  • Network economy and virtual communities.
  • Organizational and company structure.
  • Organizational transformation.
  • Teleceoomunications and information infrastructure.
  • Legal aspects of an information society.
  • Ethical problems.
  • Riskc of computing technology.
  • Social impacts.
  • There is a seminar IV057 Seminar on Information Society accompanying this course for students interested in presenting up-to-date material based on literature on an information society.
Literature
  • TOFFLER, Alvin. Future shock. 15th print. New York: Bantam Books, 1971, 561 s. info
  • DAVIS, Stan and Bill DAVIDSON. Vize roku 2020 :kniha pro chvíle uvolnění. Translated by Rudolf Štefec. 1. vyd. Praha: ART press, 1995, 264 s. ISBN 80-212-0122-3. info
  • GATES, Bill, Nathan MYHRVOLD and Peter RINEARSON. Informační dálnice. Translated by Petr Koubský. Vyd. 1. Praha: Management Press, 1996, 229 s. ISBN 80-85943-28-X. info
  • LUHAN MAC, Marshall. Jak rozumět médiím. 1. vyd. Praha: Odeon, 1991, 349 s. info
  • TOFFLER, Alvin. The third wave. New York: Bantam Books, 1990, 537 s. ISBN 0-553-24698-4. info
  • TOFFLER, Alvin. Třetí vlna. [S.l.: s.n.], 1989, 834 s. info
  • TAPSCOTT, Don. The digital economy : promise and peril in the age of networked intelligence. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996, xviii, 342. ISBN 0070622000. info
  • TOFFLER, Alvin. Šok z budoucnosti. Translated by Stanislav Mundil. 1. vyd. Praha: Práce, 1992, 284 s. ISBN 80-208-0160-X. info
  • GATES, Bill. The road ahead :completely revised and up-to-date. 2nd ed. London: Penguin Books, 1996, xviii, 332. ISBN 0-14-024351-8. info
  • MCLUHAN, Marshall. Understanding media : the extensions of man. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1995, xxiii, 365. ISBN 0262631598. info
Teaching methods
lectures, discussion, independent study of literature related to the topic.
Assessment methods
Two essays on the impact of the information society, critical reflection, or visions of development.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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