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Spring 2024 Semester
May 15, 2024 |
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| IS 1300 - Knowledge in a Digital World |
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Examines the impact that information technologies (such as the internet, search engines, blogs, wikis, and smartphones); information processing techniques (such as big data analysis, machine learning, crowdsourcing, and cryptography); and information policies (such as privacy norms and speech restrictions) have on what we know and how much we know, as individuals and as a society. The digital world can enhance our ability to acquire knowledge by providing us with fast and cheap access to huge amounts of information. However, it can also undermine our cognitive abilities and provide us with inaccurate or misleading information. Studies normative frameworks from epistemology and ethics (such as epistemic value theory, the extended mind hypothesis, and moral rights) to evaluate these technologies and policies.
4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Information Science Department Course Attributes: NUpath Ethical Reasoning, NUpath Societies/Institutions, Computer&Info Sci, Crosslisted Course Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Undergraduate |
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