Description: Seminar, three and one half hours. Survey of theoretical perspectives on emergence of late-20th- and early-21st-century information societies from range of disciplines. Topics include nature of social change and development, theories of modernity and postmodernity, and social, economic, technological, and cultural shifts associated with information technologies and rise of information as commodity. Presentation of work of key writers and scholars in areas of information society policy and issues. Letter grading.

Units: 4.0