INFO 2921: Inventing an Information Society

Explores the history of information technology from the 1830s to the present by considering the technical and social history of telecommunications, the electric-power industry, radio, television, computers, and the Internet. Emphasis is placed on the changing relationship between science and technology, the economic aspects of innovation, gender and technology, and other social relations of this technology.

Offered: Spring

Prerequisites:

Grade Options: let only

Credit Hours: 3 credit.

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