Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/INFO 101 Introduction to Social Networking Applications (Bob Boiko)/Course description

Course description
You are likely to be power users of social media sites and other popular computer information systems. But you are far less likely to understand how they work, what they contain, or what the social implications are of these information systems.

Without this additional knowledge and perspective, you are at a big disadvantage as users or creators of these technologies but more importantly as citizens who will be called upon to support or oppose public policy toward these technologies.

With this additional knowledge and perspective, you will be in a position to think analytically about the systems you use, offer well warranted arguments, and fully participate in or even drive the evolving debate on the technology, information, and social foundations of these systems.

About the iSchool
The Information School is in a unique position to teach you an analytical attitude toward information systems because the issues and methods in the this course are many of the core issues and methods of our discipline. It is our place and our responsibility to introduce students of all departments to these concerns and provide you with a life-long skill that takes its place among reading, writing and speaking as the prerequisites to being a fully literate member of society.

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