The Information Society

	Due at the beginning of class unless stated otherwise
Lesson 1 18th January What is “the information society”? Overview 1 Analysis 1 Introduction	In-class writing 1 (done in class)
Lesson 2 25th January What is “the information society”? Overview 2 Read: Webster Ch. 1 (Introduction), Ch. 2 (The idea of an information society), Ch. 10 (Conclusion) Analysis 1 Report: choose a technological product; explain your rationale; formulate questions in class Review what concise writing means: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/01/; http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/02/; http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/04/	In-class writing 2
Lesson 3 1st February Anthony Giddens: Identity, reflexivity, and late modernity Read: Webster Ch. 8 (Information, reflexivity, and surveillance) Read: Hardey, M. (2004). MEDIATED RELATIONSHIPS. Information, Communication & Society, 7(2), 207-222.[Blackboard] Book Report: Anthony Giddens' The consequences of modernity (1990) 186 pp. Analysis 1 Report: complete at least two interviews; complete literature review	In-class writing 3 Book Report 1
Lesson 4 8th February Postmodern theories Read: Webster Ch. 9 (Information, postmodernism and postmodernity) Read: Rogers, R. A. (1999). "Is This a Great Time or What?" Information Technology and Erasure of Difference. World Communication, 28(4), 26-47. [Blackboard] Read: Sharma, S. (2008). Baudrillard at the Edge of the Technological Dynamo Without a Theory of Technology. Communication & Critical/Cultural Studies, 5(1), 93-97.[Blackboard] Book Report: Mark Poster's Information please : culture and politics in the age of digital machines (2006) 303 pp. Law Library OR Mark Poster's What's the matter with the Internet? (2001) 214 pp. Law Library Analysis 1 Report: complete at least four interviews	In-class writing 4 Book Report 2 (Sarah, Christina, and Meg) (Chenny)
Lesson 5 15th February Feminist theories Read: Lee, M, (2006). What's missing in feminist research in new information and communication technologies? Feminist Media Studies, 6(2), 191-210. [Blackboard] Read: McQuillan, H., & O'Neill, B. (2009). Gender Differences in Children's Internet Use. Journal Of Children & Media, 3(4), 366-378. [Blackboard] Read: Wajcman, J. (2007). FROM WOMEN AND TECHNOLOGY TO GENDERED TECHNOSCIENCE. Information, Communication & Society, 10(3), 287-298 [Blackboard] Book Report: Judy Wajcman's Feminism confronts technology (1991) 184 pp. Analysis 1 Draft due; group critique practice; critique in class Review: What is a paragraph? http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/606/01/	In-class writing 5 Book Report 3 (Andrea)
Lesson 6 22nd February Analysis 1 Megan, Andrea, Olga, Chenna, Bonnie, Sam, Erin	Analysis 1 (sample) Presentation 1
Lesson 7 29th February – no meeting because I will be in Portland OR for a conference. However work is due and needs to be submitted as described here. The political economy of communication Read: Meehan, E. R., Mosco, V., & Wasko, J. (1993). Rethinking political economy: Change and continuity. Journal Of Communication, 43(4), 105-116. [Blackboard] Read: Mosco, V. (1996). The political economy of communication. London: Sage. (Ch. 3 The political economy of communication) [distributed in class] Book Report: Vincent Mosco's The Digital Sublime (2005) 232 pp. Analysis 2 Report: Choose company; explain your rationale; save 10K report in your computer (Discuss your progress on Blackboard Discussion. Open from 22nd Feb. to 29th Feb. till 8:10 p.m.)	In-class writing 6 (The question will be posted on Blackboard at 5:30 p.m. Due at 5:50 p.m. You will need to type directly into Blackboard) Book Report 4 (written report is due via e-mail; oral report due in Lesson 8)
Lesson 8 7th March Herbert Schiller: Read: Webster Ch. 5 (Information and advanced capitalism) Read: Lee, M. (2011). Free information? The case against Google. Champaign, IL: Common Ground. (Ch. 1 Corporate and business structure) [Distributed in class] Read: Fuchs, C. The political economy of Google.[Blackboard] Book Report: Herbert Schiller's Who knows : information in the age of the Fortune 500 (1981) 187 pp. Analysis 2 Report: Bring 10K Report	In-class writing 7 Presentation 1 critique Book Report 4 (oral only) (Sam and Erin) Book Report 5 (Yanbei)
Spring Break (11th-18th March)
Lesson 9 21st March Dan Schiller: Digital Capitalism Read: Schiller, D. (1994). From Culture to Information and Back Again: Commoditization as a Route to Knowledge. Critical Studies In Mass Communication, 11(1), 93. [Blackboard] Read: Schiller, D. (2007). How to think about information? Urbana: University of Illinois Press. (Ch. 2 Culture, information, and commodification) [Distributed in class] Read: Novek, E., Sinha, N., & Gandy, O. (1990). Value of Your Name. Media, Culture & Society, 12(4), 525-543.[Blackboard] Book Report: Dan Schiller's Digital capitalism : networking the global market system (1999) 294 pp. Analysis 2 Draft due; critique in class	In-class writing 8 Book Report 6 (Bonnie Jean)
Lesson 10 28th March Analysis 2 Christina, Ryan, Artem, Yanbei, Andrea, Olga, Chenna	Analysis 2 Presentation 2
Lesson 11 4th April Daniel Bell: The post-industrial society Read: Webster Ch. 3 (The information society as post-industrialism) Read: Fortner, R. S. (1984). New Communication Technologies in Canada. Critical Studies In Mass Communication, 1(4), 436-438.[Blackboard] Read: Rowland Jr., W. (1984). Deconstructing American Communications Policy Literature. Critical Studies In Mass Communication, 1(4), 423-435.[Blackboard] Book Report: Daniel Bell's The coming of post-industrial society (1976) 616 pp. Analysis 3 Report: choose country; explain your rationale; basic demographic information about the country	In-class writing 9 Presentation 2 critique Book Report 7 (Ryan)
Lesson 12 11th April Manuel Castells: The network society Read: Webster Ch. 5 (Informational capitalism) Read: Linchuan Qiu, J. (2009). Chapter 8: LIFE AND DEATH IN THE cHINESE INFORMATIONAL CITY. In , Living the Information Society in Asia (pp. 130-157). Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. [Blackboard] Read: McLelland, M. (2007). Socio-cultural Aspects of Mobile Communication Technologies in Asia and the Pacific: a Discussion of the Recent Literature. Continuum: Journal Of Media & Cultural Studies, 21(2), 267-277.[Blackboard] Book Report: Manuel Castells' The rise of the network society (1996) 556 pp. Analysis 3 Report: finish literature review; information policy documents about the country	In-class writing 10 Book Report 8 (Olga)
Lesson 13 18th April Globalisation theorie Read: Webster Ch. 4 (Information, restructuring and globalisation) Read: Opoku-Mensah, A. (2004). TWIN PEAKS: WSIS FROM GeNEVA TO TUNIS. Gazette: International Journal For Communication Studies, 66(3/4), 253-273 [Blackboard] Read: Alzouma, G. (2005). Myths of digital technology in Africa. Global Media & Communication, 1(3), 228-256.[Blackboard] Book Report: David Held and Anthony McGrew's Globalization/anti-globalization (2002) 158 pp. Analysis 3 Draft due; critique in class	In-class writing 11 Book Report 9 (Artem)
Lesson 14 25th April Analysis 3 Sarah, Bonnie, Sam, Erin, Ryan, Artem	Analysis 3 Presentation 3
Exam Week 2nd May Questions will be posted here 48 hours before the examination is due. Due at 8:00 p.m. on 2nd May mlee@suffolk.edu Instruction Final exam 7th May – Grades Due	Take home examination Presentation 3 critique

Due at the beginning of class unless stated otherwise

Lesson 1
18th January

What is “the information society”?
Overview 1

Analysis 1
Introduction

In-class writing 1 (done in class)

Lesson 2
25th January

What is “the information society”?
Overview 2
Read: Webster Ch. 1 (Introduction), Ch. 2 (The idea of an information society), Ch. 10 (Conclusion)

Analysis 1
Report: choose a technological product; explain your rationale; formulate questions in class

Review what concise writing means:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/01/; http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/02/; http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/04/

In-class writing 2

Lesson 3
1st February

Anthony Giddens: Identity, reflexivity, and late modernity
Read: Webster Ch. 8 (Information, reflexivity, and surveillance)
Read: Hardey, M. (2004). MEDIATED RELATIONSHIPS. Information, Communication & Society, 7(2), 207-222.[Blackboard]

Book Report:
Anthony Giddens' The consequences of modernity (1990) 186 pp.

Analysis 1
Report: complete at least two interviews; complete literature review

In-class writing 3
Book Report 1

Lesson 4
8th February

Postmodern theories
Read: Webster Ch. 9 (Information, postmodernism and postmodernity)
Read: Rogers, R. A. (1999). "Is This a Great Time or What?" Information Technology and Erasure of Difference. World Communication, 28(4), 26-47. [Blackboard]
Read: Sharma, S. (2008). Baudrillard at the Edge of the Technological Dynamo Without a Theory of Technology. Communication & Critical/Cultural Studies, 5(1), 93-97.[Blackboard]

Book Report:
Mark Poster's Information please : culture and politics in the age of digital machines (2006) 303 pp.
Law Library
OR
Mark Poster's What's the matter with the Internet? (2001) 214 pp.
Law Library

Analysis 1
Report: complete at least four interviews

In-class writing 4
Book Report 2 (Sarah, Christina, and Meg)
(Chenny)

Lesson 5
15th February

Feminist theories

Read: Lee, M, (2006). What's missing in feminist research in new information and communication technologies? Feminist Media Studies, 6(2), 191-210. [Blackboard]
Read: McQuillan, H., & O'Neill, B. (2009). Gender Differences in Children's Internet Use. Journal Of Children & Media, 3(4), 366-378. [Blackboard]
Read: Wajcman, J. (2007). FROM WOMEN AND TECHNOLOGY TO GENDERED TECHNOSCIENCE. Information, Communication & Society, 10(3), 287-298 [Blackboard]

Book Report:
Judy Wajcman's Feminism confronts technology (1991) 184 pp.

Analysis 1
Draft due; group critique practice; critique in class
Review: What is a paragraph?
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/606/01/

In-class writing 5
Book Report 3 (Andrea)

Lesson 6
22nd February

Analysis 1
Megan, Andrea, Olga, Chenna, Bonnie, Sam, Erin

Analysis 1 (sample)
Presentation 1

Lesson 7

29th February – no meeting because I will be in Portland OR for a conference. However work is due and needs to be submitted as described here.

The political economy of communication
Read: Meehan, E. R., Mosco, V., & Wasko, J. (1993). Rethinking political economy: Change and continuity. Journal Of Communication, 43(4), 105-116. [Blackboard]
Read: Mosco, V. (1996). The political economy of communication. London: Sage. (Ch. 3 The political economy of communication) [distributed in class]

Book Report:
Vincent Mosco's The Digital Sublime (2005) 232 pp.

Analysis 2
Report: Choose company; explain your rationale; save 10K report in your computer
(Discuss your progress on Blackboard Discussion. Open from 22nd Feb. to 29th Feb. till 8:10 p.m.)

In-class writing 6 (The question will be posted on Blackboard at 5:30 p.m. Due at 5:50 p.m. You will need to type directly into Blackboard)

Book Report 4 (written report is due via e-mail; oral report due in Lesson 8)

Lesson 8

7th March

Herbert Schiller:
Read: Webster Ch. 5 (Information and advanced capitalism)
Read: Lee, M. (2011). Free information? The case against Google. Champaign, IL: Common Ground. (Ch. 1 Corporate and business structure) [Distributed in class]
Read: Fuchs, C. The political economy of Google.[Blackboard]

Book Report:
Herbert Schiller's Who knows : information in the age of the Fortune 500 (1981) 187 pp.

Analysis 2
Report: Bring 10K Report

In-class writing 7
Presentation 1 critique
Book Report 4 (oral only) (Sam and Erin)
Book Report 5 (Yanbei)

Spring Break (11th-18th March)

Lesson 9
21st March

Dan Schiller: Digital Capitalism
Read: Schiller, D. (1994). From Culture to Information and Back Again: Commoditization as a Route to Knowledge. Critical Studies In Mass Communication, 11(1), 93. [Blackboard]
Read: Schiller, D. (2007). How to think about information? Urbana: University of Illinois Press. (Ch. 2 Culture, information, and commodification) [Distributed in class]
Read: Novek, E., Sinha, N., & Gandy, O. (1990). Value of Your Name. Media, Culture & Society, 12(4), 525-543.[Blackboard]

Book Report:
Dan Schiller's Digital capitalism : networking the global market system (1999) 294 pp.

Analysis 2
Draft due; critique in class

In-class writing 8
Book Report 6 (Bonnie Jean)

Lesson 10
28th March

Analysis 2
Christina, Ryan, Artem, Yanbei, Andrea, Olga, Chenna

Analysis 2
Presentation 2

Lesson 11
4th April

Daniel Bell: The post-industrial society
Read: Webster Ch. 3 (The information society as post-industrialism)
Read: Fortner, R. S. (1984). New Communication Technologies in Canada. Critical Studies In Mass Communication, 1(4), 436-438.[Blackboard]
Read: Rowland Jr., W. (1984). Deconstructing American Communications Policy Literature. Critical Studies In Mass Communication, 1(4), 423-435.[Blackboard]

Book Report:
Daniel Bell's The coming of post-industrial society (1976) 616 pp.

Analysis 3
Report: choose country; explain your rationale; basic demographic information about the country

In-class writing 9
Presentation 2 critique
Book Report 7 (Ryan)

Lesson 12
11th April

Manuel Castells: The network society
Read: Webster Ch. 5 (Informational capitalism)
Read: Linchuan Qiu, J. (2009). Chapter 8: LIFE AND DEATH IN THE cHINESE INFORMATIONAL CITY. In , Living the Information Society in Asia (pp. 130-157). Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. [Blackboard]
Read: McLelland, M. (2007). Socio-cultural Aspects of Mobile Communication Technologies in Asia and the Pacific: a Discussion of the Recent Literature. Continuum: Journal Of Media & Cultural Studies, 21(2), 267-277.[Blackboard]

Book Report:
Manuel Castells' The rise of the network society (1996) 556 pp.

Analysis 3
Report: finish literature review; information policy documents about the country

In-class writing 10
Book Report 8 (Olga)

Lesson 13
18th April

Globalisation theorie
Read: Webster Ch. 4 (Information, restructuring and globalisation)
Read: Opoku-Mensah, A. (2004). TWIN PEAKS: WSIS FROM GeNEVA TO TUNIS. Gazette: International Journal For Communication Studies, 66(3/4), 253-273 [Blackboard]
Read: Alzouma, G. (2005). Myths of digital technology in Africa. Global Media & Communication, 1(3), 228-256.[Blackboard]

Book Report:
David Held and Anthony McGrew's Globalization/anti-globalization (2002) 158 pp.

Analysis 3
Draft due; critique in class

In-class writing 11
Book Report 9 (Artem)

Lesson 14
25th April

Analysis 3
Sarah, Bonnie, Sam, Erin, Ryan, Artem

Analysis 3
Presentation 3

Exam Week
2nd May
Questions will be posted here 48 hours before the examination is due.
Due at 8:00 p.m. on 2nd May mlee@suffolk.edu

Instruction

Final exam

7th May – Grades Due

Take home examination
Presentation 3 critique