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Course: 2018/2019

Theory of Information and Comunication

(17351)

Study: Bachelor in Management of Information and Digital Contents (340)

Coordinating teacher: CARIDAD SEBASTIAN, MERCEDES

Department assigned to the subject: Department of Library Science and Documentation

Type: Basic Core

ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course: 1º

Semester: 1º

Students are expected to have completed

Students are not expected to have any previous knowledge about the ideas introduced in 
the course

Competences and skills that will be acquired and learning results. Further information on this link

The basic goal of this course is the analysis of Communication and Information in the contemporary world.  The student will acquire the capacity for reflection on communicative and informative facts through the knowledge of terminology, concepts and main theories as well as the practical implications in the field
At the completion of this course, students will

1. Become familiar with both conceptual and terminological current concepts related to Information and Communication.
2. Recognize basic concepts associated with Information and Documentation, their types and properties.
3. Identify information problems in different media and develop effective strategies for their resolution.
4. Know the characteristics of information flows and information lifecycle in several environments.
5. Understand characteristics and evolution of the Information Society and the Knowledge Society
6. Recognize the implications of the use of ICT for the field of Information and Communication
7. Identify the main information intermediaries in the current Society: libraries, archives and documentation centers both in their physical version and in their role as providers of digital information services.

Description of contents: programme

Unit 1: The Context: Information Society& Knowledge Society 
Unit 2. Concept of Information. Theory of Information
Unit 3. Communication Theory
Unit 4. Digital Information and Society
Unit 5. Social Internet: Social media as platform and source of information
Unit 6. Digital Media
Unit 7. The role of content providers in the digital world

Learning activities and methodology

Develop appropriate theoretical and practical knowledge  (4 ECTS) through classes , with the support of specialized bibliography, seminars and workshops about tools, physical and virtual  discussions , problem solving and individual and group activities.

Acquisition of abilities and skills (2 ECTS) to identify the main resources and problems related to information and Communication and its practical applications on a  daily basis.
	
The days and hours of tutorship sessions for each group will be available in the course space in Aula Global.

Assessment System

This course follows a process of continuous assessment, according to the following parameters:
-	Formative assessment based on self-assessment exercises to measure the acquisition of theoretical knowledge, and practical activities and exercises: up to 40% of the final grade. This percentage is divided in:
           Activities, tests in class (20%)
           Work and presentation about a topic (20%)

- Final exam. (60%)

% end-of-term-examination 60
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 40

Basic Bibliography

BAUMAN, Z. Tiempos li¿quidos: vivir en una e¿poca de incertidumbre. Tusquets . 2017
BENITO, A. Fundamentos de Teoría General de la Información. Pirámide. 1981
CARIDAD SEBASTIÁN, Mercedes (coord.). La sociedad de la información. Política, Tecnología e Industria de los contenidos. Centro de estudios Ramón Areces. 1999
CASTELLS, M. Comunicación y Poder. Alianza. 2009
CASTELLS, M. La era de la información: economía, sociedad y cultura. La sociedad red, Vol. 1. Alianza. 1997
CASTELLS, M. . La galaxia Internet. Mondadori. 2003
ECO, U. Apocalípticos e integrados ante la cultura de masas. Lumen. 2004
MATTELART, A. Historia de la sociedad de la información. Paidós. 2002
MCQUAIL, D. Introducción a la teoría de la comunicación de masas. Paidós. 1999
MOREIRO, JA. Introducción al estudio de la información y documentación. Universidad de Antioquia. 1998
McLUHAN, M. y POWERS, B. R. La aldea global: transformaciones en la vida y en los medios de comunicacio¿n mundiales en el siglo XXI . Gedisa. 1996
SAHAGÚN, F. De Gutenberg a Internet: la sociedad internacional de la información. Fragua. 2004

Electronic Resources *

Marcos Recio, JC · Otra forma de plantear la información y documentación en los medios digitales : http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RGID/article/view/45467
Codina, L · Las propiedades de la información digital : http://eprints.rclis.org/19496/

Additional Bibliography

BAUMAN, Z. Liquid modernity . Polity. 2000
BELLO JANEIRO, D y LÓPEZ GARCÍA, X.. La divulgación del conocimiento en la sociedad de la información. EGAP. 2003
ECO, U. La estructura ausente. Lumen. 1999
HABERMAS, J. Teoría de la acción comunicativa . Trotta. 2010
JACQUARD,R. La desinformación: una manipulación del poder. Espasa. 1988
LUHMANN, N. La realidad de los medios de masas. Anthropos . 2000
SARTORI, G. Homo Videns. Taurus. 2003

(*) Access to some electronic resources may be restricted to members of the university community and require validation through Campus Global. If you try to connect from outside of the University you will need to set up a VPN

The course syllabus and the academic weekly planning may change due academic events or other reasons.