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MSPI 5060G - Information, Power, and Democracy

The means to amass and analyze data and the technologies of informational identity have been developing for more than a century, bringing us to the present moment where the internet, social media platforms, networked devices and other means of dataveillance have become integral to how we as citizens are addressed, assessed and characterized by governments, political parties, corporations and individuals. The centrality of information-gathering practices to governance, election campaigns, social movement activism and marketing requires understanding of existing and yet-to-be-determined legal, political and ethical tools in order to constrain misuse of information and other data while also facilitating and protecting the flow of information to address power imbalances. This course probes how information technologies link with contemporary politics and governance, including settler-colonial governance, and engages topical and contentious ethical debates surrounding the historical transformation of democracy and consumer society in the digital age.
Formerly: Information, Power, and Democracy: Constraints, Freedoms and Ethics
Credit hours: 3
Note(s): Must be enrolled in one of the following Program(s): Master of Social Practice and Innovation or by permission.
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