Course Description

Three hours of lecture per week. This course explores the history of information and associated technologies, uncovering why we think of ours as "the information age." We will select moments in the evolution of production, recording, and storage from the earliest writing systems to the world of Short Message Service (SMS) and blogs. In every instance, we'll be concerned with both what and when and how and why, and we'll keep returning to the question of technological determinism: how do technological developments affect society and vice-versa?

Catalog type: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Prerequisites: Upper level undergraduates

Course History

Spring 2009  |   Instructor(s): Duguid / Nunberg

Fall 2007  |   Instructor(s): Duguid / Nunberg   |  Website

Fall 2006  |   Instructor(s): Duguid / Nunberg   |  Website