Digital Information and Communication
Course code
IFI6220.DT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Digitaalne informatsioon ja kommunikatsioon
Course title in English
Digital Information and Communication
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
assessment
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To provide a systematic overview of media and communication theories, methods and applications in the digital age. Create opportunities to understand the role of digitisation and digital information in contemporary society.
Provide pre-requisites to manage and curate digital information.
Provide pre-requisites to manage and curate digital information.
Brief description of the course
Theories, methods and applications of media and communication in the digital era.
Information management, metadata, digital revolution, development of information systems, digital media, digital documents, digital libraries and other memory institutions.
Methods of searching, gathering, filtering and curating digital information.
Creation, redesigning and presenting of digital information and artefacts through different media channels and types (text, video, micromessages etc.).
Digitisation of information and artefacts, and technologies of digitation.
Authorship, copyright, licences related to authorship, ethical issues of the digital age.
Patterns of communication and interaction: development and influence on society.
Digital discourse and dialogue
Repositories
Information systems and their communication (digital ecosystems).
Information management, metadata, digital revolution, development of information systems, digital media, digital documents, digital libraries and other memory institutions.
Methods of searching, gathering, filtering and curating digital information.
Creation, redesigning and presenting of digital information and artefacts through different media channels and types (text, video, micromessages etc.).
Digitisation of information and artefacts, and technologies of digitation.
Authorship, copyright, licences related to authorship, ethical issues of the digital age.
Patterns of communication and interaction: development and influence on society.
Digital discourse and dialogue
Repositories
Information systems and their communication (digital ecosystems).
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- knows the contemporary theories and methods of media and communication, and is able to apply them appropriately;
- understands the role of digital information and communication in contemporary society;.
- is able to manage and curate digital information, to create and present it through appropriate channels;
- knows the ethical and copyright aspects related to the creation of information;
- has knowledge of the interaction of information systems.
- knows the contemporary theories and methods of media and communication, and is able to apply them appropriately;
- understands the role of digital information and communication in contemporary society;.
- is able to manage and curate digital information, to create and present it through appropriate channels;
- knows the ethical and copyright aspects related to the creation of information;
- has knowledge of the interaction of information systems.
Teacher
Marianne Paimre
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