Information Society

Code:

MCI0002

Acronym:

SI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Social Science

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
E-learning page:	http://moodle.fe.up.pt/
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Information Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MCI	29	Plano de estudos oficial	1	-	6	60	162

Teaching language

English

Mandatory literature

Castells, Manuel; The information age. ISBN: 0-631-21594-8
Castells, Manuel 340; A sociedade em rede. ISBN: 972-27-1453-8
Webster, Frank; Theories of the information society. ISBN: 0-415-28201-2
Ana Azevedo; teste

Complementary Bibliography

Bauman, Zygmunt 1925-; Liquid modernity. ISBN: 978-0-7456-2410-5
Bauman, Zygmunt 1925-; Globalization. ISBN: 978-0-7456-2013-8
Bauman, Zygmunt 1925-; Work, consumerism and the new poor. ISBN: 0-335-21598-X
Giddens, Anthony; O mundo na era da globalização. ISBN: 972-23-2573-6
Kling, Rob 340; Computerization and controversy. ISBN: 0-12-415040-3
Poster, Mark; A segunda era dos média. ISBN: 972-774-065-0
Rheingold, Howard; A comunidade virtual. ISBN: 972-662-444-4
Roszak, Theodore; The cult of information. ISBN: 0-520-08584-1
A. Held; The Global Transformations, McGrew, 2007
Giddens, Anthony; As consequências da modernidade. ISBN: 972-774-07-0
Ulrich Beck; Risk society. ISBN: 978-0-8039-8346-5

keywords

Social sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	52,00
Pratical Classes exercices resolution	Trabalho escrito	15,00		2011-01-11
Essay writing	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	70,00		2011-01-20
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Bibliographic searches to support essay writing	Estudo autónomo	25	2010-11-30
	Total:	25,00