INFS 111
Session Overview
- Information is ubiquitous in daily life, impacting decision-making and society at large.
Session Objectives
- Identify devices for receiving information.
- Discuss societal use of information for control and influence.
- Examine access discrepancies among individuals.
- Analyze the world-changing role of information.
Session Outline
- Daily Encounters with Information
- Global Information Devices
- Societal Uses of Information
- Individuals interact with information in various ways: aural, visual, tactile, olfactory, gustatory.
- Daily activities may involve transformations of information (e.g., formats).
- Information production has drastically increased:
- 2002: Equivalent to 37,000 libraries (Lyman & Varian, 2003).
- 2006: Estimated digital data production reached 20 exabytes.
- Increased device usage for sending, receiving, and managing information (e.g., computers, mobile devices).