Information History
Course code
INT6074.DT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Informatsiooninduse arengulugu
Course title in English
Information History
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
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 create prerequisites for understanding the development of information society through the study of information history;
●To create possibilities for obtaining knowledge on the history of book, libraries and bibliography in order to understand the development of the recording, mediation and preservation of information and the factors influencing these processes
●To create possibilities for obtaining knowledge on the history of book, libraries and bibliography in order to understand the development of the recording, mediation and preservation of information and the factors influencing these processes
Brief description of the course
The concept of information history. Different ways and approaches of studying information history.
The advent and distribution of writing. Recording, collection, distribution and preservation of written information in Antiquity and in the Middle Ages. The invention of printing and its role in history. Book culture and libraries in modern era. The advent of journalism and carthography. Book culture in the time of Enlightenment. The heyday of print media in the 19th century. The role of memory institutions in preservation and mediation of information. The influence of the development of communication tools on the distribution of information in the 19th and 20th century. The rise of mass mediain the 20th century.
Digital and digitised written culture. The diversification of information carriers. Information society and the memory of the world, cultural heritage in the digital era.
The advent and distribution of writing. Recording, collection, distribution and preservation of written information in Antiquity and in the Middle Ages. The invention of printing and its role in history. Book culture and libraries in modern era. The advent of journalism and carthography. Book culture in the time of Enlightenment. The heyday of print media in the 19th century. The role of memory institutions in preservation and mediation of information. The influence of the development of communication tools on the distribution of information in the 19th and 20th century. The rise of mass mediain the 20th century.
Digital and digitised written culture. The diversification of information carriers. Information society and the memory of the world, cultural heritage in the digital era.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- knows the basic characteristic features of recording, mediation and preservation of information during the different historical periods;
- understand the impact of political, economic, social and technological factors on the development of information recording, distribution and preservation;
- knows the most important facts and events in the development of information recording, distribution and preservation including in the history of book and libraries;
- knows the special terminology of the discipline and is able to use it,
- is able to connect the Estonian developments with European context and global processes.
- knows the basic characteristic features of recording, mediation and preservation of information during the different historical periods;
- understand the impact of political, economic, social and technological factors on the development of information recording, distribution and preservation;
- knows the most important facts and events in the development of information recording, distribution and preservation including in the history of book and libraries;
- knows the special terminology of the discipline and is able to use it,
- is able to connect the Estonian developments with European context and global processes.
Teacher
dots Aile Möldre
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