Course Description

Media, Information and Technoculture 246F/G The Political Economy of Information

The course studies social relations, particularly power relations, that mutually constitute the production, distribution, organization and consumption of information resources. Students consider the economic dynamics, especially the unequal distribution of material and symbolic resources, that structure the circulation of information commodities. A central question is: How are social relations mediated by information technologies?

Antirequisite: Media, Information and Technoculture 201F/G

Prerequisite: Registration in the second, third or fourth year of an MIT program, or permission of the Faculty.

3 lecture hours, half course

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