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SI 507 / 703 - Information Policy Analysis and Design
This course introduces students to the conceptual, institutional, and practical foundations of information policy analysis and design. The course explores the regulatory histories, paradigms, processes, and actors shaping the ongoing development of the information field. Course topics provide a comprehensive grounding in telecommunications policy; competition and antitrust; concentration, diversity and expression; intellectual property; standards and innovation; peer production and user innovation; information privacy; digital governance; and transnational information policy. The course also emphasizes the development of core information policy skills, introducing students to relevant analytic contributions from the fields of economics, communication, law, and public policy.
Instructor: Steven J. Jackson
dScribes: Kristen Kogachi, Kathleen Ludewig
Course Level: Masters, Ph.D.
Course Structure: 3-hour class, once a week
- Date Added to MERLOT:
- August 21, 2012
- Created by:
- Open Michigan
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