CORE012 Information Society

Fakulta informatiky
podzim 2023
Rozsah
2/0/0. 3 kr. Doporučované ukončení: k. Jiná možná ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc. (přednášející)
Garance
prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc.
Katedra teorie programování – Fakulta informatiky
Kontaktní osoba: prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra teorie programování – Fakulta informatiky
Rozvrh
Po 10:00–11:50 A217
Předpoklady
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Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je otevřen studentům libovolného oboru.
Cíle předmětu
The goal of this course is to introduce the nature of wider impacts of Informatics on the society.
Výstupy z učení
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.
Osnova
  • 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 Seminář k informační společnosti accompanying this course for students interested in presenting up-to-date material based on literature on an information society.
Literatura
  • TOFFLER, Alvin. Future shock. 15th print. New York: Bantam Books, 1971, 561 s. info
  • DAVIS, Stan a 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 a 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
Výukové metody
lectures, discussion, independent study of literature related to the topic.
Metody hodnocení
Two essays on the impact of the information society, critical reflection, or visions of development.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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