2017-09-07
Communication and Critical Data Studies 2017 - COMS4407
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Critical Data Studies 2017
Theoretical perspectives, ethical problems, and contemporary issues relevant to communication and data studies. Students will critically examine the rise of ‘big data’ and ‘datafication’ as socio-technical phenomena that have become a crucial part of our communication landscape.
Course presentations include: Week 1 - Introduction Week 2 - Conceptualizing Data? Week 3 - Open Data & Indicators Week 4 - The Characteristics of Big Data Week 5 - The Enablers of Big Data Week 6 - Data Science & Data Analytics Week 7 - Climate Change & Denial Week 8 - Data Politics, Activism and Cultures Week 9 - Data Brokers and Credit Scoring Week 10 - The Rationale for Big Data Week 11 - The End of Science? Week 12 - Ethical, Political, Social and Legal Concerns Week 13 - Review
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COMS4407 | |
Carleton University | |
dx.doi.org/10.22215/tplauriault.courses.2017.coms4407 | |
Lauriault - Course collection | |
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (View the license: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) | |
Organisation | School of Journalism and Communication |
Lauriault, T.P. (2017). Communication and Critical Data Studies 2017 - COMS4407. Lauriault - Course collection. Carleton University. doi:10.22215/tplauriault.courses.2017.coms4407
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