Cultural Data Analytics I
Course code
BFM7409.FK
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Kultuuriandmete analüüs I
Course title in English
Cultural Data Analytics I
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
assessment
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Maximilian Günther Schich (language of instruction:English)
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To provide an overview of the contemporary theories of
an informed society/data-driven society and the
challenges that technological development presents to
society. A preparatory course for the upcoming course on
data analysis scheduled for the autumn semester.
an informed society/data-driven society and the
challenges that technological development presents to
society. A preparatory course for the upcoming course on
data analysis scheduled for the autumn semester.
Brief description of the course
The formation of an informed society and its
technological prerequisites, its theoretical concepts and
present-day outputs. The principles of creating modern
databases and their functions in society. Preparing for the
autumn course on data analysis: Possibilities of using the
artificial intelligence technology in data analysis.
technological prerequisites, its theoretical concepts and
present-day outputs. The principles of creating modern
databases and their functions in society. Preparing for the
autumn course on data analysis: Possibilities of using the
artificial intelligence technology in data analysis.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- is able to identify and formulate the problems in an informed society and to ask research questions to solve them;
- can formulate the prerequisites for artificial intelligence work and also know the limitations of this technology.
- is able to identify and formulate the problems in an informed society and to ask research questions to solve them;
- can formulate the prerequisites for artificial intelligence work and also know the limitations of this technology.
Teacher
Maximilian Schich
Additional information
Couldry, N., Hepp, A. (2017). The mediated construction of reality, Cambridge, Polity Press.
Couldry, N., Mejias, U. (2019). The costs of connection:
how data is colonizing human life and appropriating it
for capitalism, California, Stanford University Press.
Couldry, N., Mejias, U. (2019). The costs of connection:
how data is colonizing human life and appropriating it
for capitalism, California, Stanford University Press.
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