Sociedade da Informação

Código:

MCI0002

Sigla:

SI

Áreas Científicas
Classificação	Área Científica
OFICIAL	Ciência da Informação

Ocorrência: 2024/2025 - 1S

Ativa?	Não
Página Web:	https://moodle2425.up.pt/course/view.php?id=4059
Unidade Responsável:	Departamento de Engenharia Informática
Curso/CE Responsável:	Mestrado em Ciência da Informação

Ciclos de Estudo/Cursos

Sigla	Nº de Estudantes	Plano de Estudos	Anos Curriculares	Créditos UCN	Créditos ECTS	Horas de Contacto	Horas Totais
MCI	0	Plano de estudos oficial	2	-	6	42	162

Língua de trabalho

Inglês

Objetivos

The objective of this unit is to explore the concept of Information Society in terms of the relationship between the transformation of society and people’s changing interactions with information. A critical analysis of this relationship will be developed through five distinct lenses: spatial, technological, cultural, political and economic.

Resultados de aprendizagem e competências

At the conclusion of the module the students should be able to:

• demonstrate a clear and holistic understanding of the concept of the ‘information society’
• effectively discuss and debate the issues raised during the module
• discuss the information Society with reference to history, evolution and perspectives.
• apply analytical tools and techniques to evaluate and explore the concept of  ‘Information Society’

Modo de trabalho

Presencial

Programa

• The information society: history, evolution and perspectives


• Visions of the information society


• The changing technological landscape


• Future technologies (augmented reality, next generation networks, the internet of things and analytics)


• Beyond determinism


• Information society and globalisation


• Control of information: concepts of privacy and surveillance in a networked society


• Cultural identity globalisation


• Identity and privacy


• Politics and protest in the information society


• Democracy and engagement in civil society


• Social exclusion: the digital divide


• National and pan national information policies


• The ‘knowledge economy’ and the changing nature of work.

Bibliografia Obrigatória

Webster, Frank; Theories of the information society. ISBN: 0-415-28201-2
Zygmunt Bauman; Liquid modernity. ISBN: 978-0-7456-2410-5
Manuel Castells; Communication Power, Oxford University Press, 2009

Bibliografia Complementar

Castells, Manuel; The information age. ISBN: 0-631-21594-8 (Existe a versão em português)
Manuel Castells; Aftermath: the cultures of the economic crisis, Oxford University Press, 2012

Métodos de ensino e atividades de aprendizagem

The teaching method will be centred in a set of questions regarding a critical view of the Information Society that will direct the student's self exploration of the mandatory and complementary literature. Debate around those questions will be held in every class.

In a first moment the students will produce opinative answers to those questions, then they will select one to develop a literature review (1000 words) and an essay (3000 words).

Palavras Chave

Ciências Sociais

Tipo de avaliação

Avaliação distribuída sem exame final

Componentes de Avaliação

Designação	Peso (%)
Trabalho de campo	25,00
Trabalho escrito	75,00
Total:	100,00

Componentes de Ocupação

Designação	Tempo (Horas)
Elaboração de projeto	92,00
Estudo autónomo	14,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Total:	162,00

Obtenção de frequência

Participation in 75% of the classes.

Positive grade in the first assignment.

Fórmula de cálculo da classificação final

Final grade = 0,25xGA+0,75xFE

GA - Group assignment

FE - Final essay

Avaliação especial (TE, DA, ...)

The participation in all theoretical classes taught by Professor David Allen is required to be admited to submit the final essay.

Students who attend under regimes other than the ordinary one carry out group assignment and final essay at the time they take place.

Melhoria de classificação

The final grade can be improved by improving the final essay.