Histories of Information, Communication, and Computing Technologies
STS.460 · Science, Technology, and Society · Graduate · Spring 2015
Prof. Jennifer S Light
The histories of information, communication, and computing technologies have attracted attention from scholars across a variety of disciplines. This course introduces students to prominent voices in these topics across fields. Alongside readings introducing students to this broad scholarly terrain, the course offers guidance in research and writing for publication based on the reality that PhD candidates on the job market need to be published authors, and that every term paper has the potential…
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