Information Society Technologies

This course aims to develop basic understanding in information society (knowledge society) and modern communication technologies. The content includes: concepts of information society (knowledge society); information and telecommunication technologies; information encoding, collection, processing, storage, retrieval and dissemination; global networks; human-computer interaction; activities and services in electronic space; information systems and registries; information reliability and security; legal, social, and ethical aspects and strategies of information society. On completion this subject students should perceive basic concepts and processes of information society. Teaching methods are lectures, individual and group work.

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1. Data, Information, Knowledge. 2. The concept of Information Society and economy. 3. The evolution (the generations) of information and communication technologies. 4. Characteristics of information. 5. Information acquisition, processing, coding, storing, retrieval, and dissemination. The global information networks. 6. Human-Computer Interaction. 7. Information services. State and private information systems. 8. The reliability and security of information. 9. Information management in the age of AI. 10. Information strategies.