Learning outcomes
The objective of the studies is for students to get to know the societal conditions and effects of hypermedia, especially the role of hypermedia in societal change (so-called information and knowledge society development), likewise to explore the main theoretical perspectives on the issue.
Contents
The main content comprises the effect of hypermedia environments on work and leisure, the societal regulation of the use of digital media, the economic and social environment for the development of hypermedia and special technical features pertaining to these issues.
Teaching methods
| Teaching method | Contact | Online |
| Lectures | 21 h | 0 h |
21 h of lectures and/or independent study. Teaching methods will be specified annually in the teaching programme.
Teaching language
Finnish, EnglishModes of study
The course, which is offered in the form of lectures, is to be completed by keeping a lecture diary and writing essays on subjects to be set in advance. Alternatively these studies may be taken by doing examinations on set books. The mode of completion will be further specified annually in the teaching programme.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.Study materials
Total of three books:
1. Castells: The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society. Oxford Press 2003.
2. Lessig: Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace. Basic Books 2000.
3. Webster: Theories of the Information Society. Routledge 2003.
4. Berners-Lee, Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web. Harper 2000.
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