Welcome to Information Technology and Social Life

When: Spring 2005, MWF 1-2pm and discussion session (see unique #)
Unique #'s:
43275 (discussion W noon-1pm PAR 8B)
43280 (discussion F 11am-noon GEO 2.202)

What is the role of technology in your daily existence?   How do technologies influence our social lives?   And how are you and members of your generation shaping technology?

This course will discuss the impact of technologies on social life and the necessity for applying skills gained in liberal arts to managing new ways of life mediated through technologies.

We will begin by covering the history of media, science, and technology, and then continue with topics including:

• Digital divide
• Media convergence and online journalism
• Legal issues including copyright and privacy
• Blogging & political communication
• Digital literacy and distance education
• Internet culture including online dating, e-commerce, personal Web sites and fandom, video games, religion, activism, online communities, open source issues, cell phones, and text messaging
• Evolving issues such as the Semantic Web and the future of wireless, ubiquitous computing

This course will provide a broad overview of topics taught in the STS curriculum.

Class Days and Time: MWF 1-2pm
Location: WEL 2.304
Instructor: Cindy Royal, clroyal@mail.utexas.edu
Teaching Assistant: Rubén Martínez, rubenm@mail.utexas.edu

Announcements
May 6
Last Day of Class!
Final Exam on May 14th.