Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Introduction to Social Networking Applications/Course description

Course description
Welcome to Info 101 - Social Networking Technologies

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.

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