LIS 694
Seminar on Information
and Communication Policy
Issues
Dr. donna Bair-Mundy
Course Web page
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~donnab/infocomm/
Assignments page
Online version of syllabus
Online readings
Electronic reserves
Cortada, Chapter 4 (e-reserve)
http://library.manoa.hawaii.edu/
Electronic reserves (1)
Electronic reserves (2)
Electronic reserves (3)
Electronic reserves (4)
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Configuring Adobe Reader (1)
Configuring Adobe Reader (2)
Configuring Adobe Reader (3)
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Electronic reserves (4)
donnab
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Electronic reserves (5)
Technology tools
Access to a computer with an
Internet connection
Software:
Powerpoint
SSH (free at UH Web site)
Word processor
Course listserv
lis694-infocomm-l
To: lis694-infocomm-l@lists.hawaii.edu
Selected Course topics
Telecommunication (incl. the Internet) basics
Growth of the Information Society
Digital divide
Censorship
Surveillance & Privacy
Net neutrality
Two Streams
Technology
Information
Society
Information
Communication
Technology
Course activities
Introductory talks
In-class discussions
Student presentations
Panel discussions
Exercises and projects
On index card or sheet of
paper:
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Your "real" name (first and last)
What you like to be called
Your interests
What type of information work
you would like to do in the
future
Laulima discussions
donnab
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https://laulima.hawaii.edu/portal
Laulima discussions
Discussion
Laulima discussions (cont'd)
Laulima discussions (cont'd)
Introduce yourself on
Laulima
Your name
Academic background
Experience with computers
Experience with HTML
Something interesting about
yourself
Something you would like to learn
in this course
Discussion Question:
What is
Communication?
Telecommunication
tele- = distant : at a distance :
over a distance
Book?
Television
Internet
Production of Internet
Content
Production of Internet
Content
Production of Internet
Content
Telecommunication
Book?
Television
Internet
IPhone
Castells’ Changing View of
Space
Spaces of
Contiguity
+
Spaces of
Flow
Space
Where in the world is
Toyota?
Where is the company
called Toyota located?
Toyota
Castells’ Changing View of
Space
Space of
Contiguity
Decision Elites
+
Space of
Flows
World Connection Density
http://www.chrisharrison.net/projects/InternetMap/
Digital Divide
ITU-T Reports
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reports.aspx#
ITU-T Reports – ICT Statistics
Internet users,
total
subscriptions,
broadband
subscriptions
ITU-T Reports
Afghanistan
1,200
subscriptions
Argentina
3,737,400
subscriptions
ITU-T Country Reports
ITU-T Country Reports
ITU-T Country Reports
ITU-T Country Reports
ITU-T Country Reports
ITU-T Country Reports
Has your country defined
universal access and/or
services?
No
Censorship – Google v. China
amnesty international
Censorship – Google v. China
Censorship – Google v. China
as of
3/25/2010
Censorship – Google v. China
Censorship – Google v. China
The US giant is
redirecting users in
mainland China to its
unrestricted Hong
Kong site, although
Chinese firewalls mean
results still come back
censored.
Censorship – Google v. China
Censorship in Turkey
Censorship in Turkey
http://www.osce.org/documents/rfm/2010/01/42294_en.pdf
Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon
cells
entry
walkway
inspector’s
lodge
Panopticon society
Packet prioritization
Telemedicine
Commerce
Net Neutrality
Pay for priority?
Microsoft
IHS
Technology assignments
• Technical Exercise: Interacting with a
Domain Name Server
• Experiment: Getting a Web Page
Indexed by an Internet Search Engine
• Create an Instructional Website and
Post Constructive Comments
Regarding Two Instructional Web
Pages on Laulima
Discussion questions
Discussion questions
Discussion Panel Assignment
Discussion Panel Assignment
• Form a group of two people (three if we have
an odd number of students)
• Select a topic from the List
• Research your topic
• Select a reading for the class
• Formulate questions for the class to consider
• Plan your Panel Discussion
• Lead the discussion on your discussion day
• Prepare a short summary of your experiences
Discussion Panel Topics
• Cultural Preservation, Information
Dissemination, and Copyright: the Google
Books Library Project (Who Should Own or
Control Our Cultural Heritage)?
• Who Should Pay for the Internet? (And Who Is
Doing So Now?)
• Google (and Yahoo and Other Search Engines)
and the China Dilemma
• eBay, France, and Nazi Memorabilia: Sensitivity
or Censorship?
• Net Neutrality - Fundamental principle or
flawed paradigm?
Course Website
Online Resources
Discussion: What will your
workday and workplace look like in
five years?
Imagine that you are looking
around at your future
workplace. What do you see?
What will your role be?
What will your daily activities be?
Free-write for 5 minutes then
share with class
Post your analysis on Laulima