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Theories of information society
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:26:20
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUPK_023 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology; Theory and History of Sociology | Target Audience: | Sociology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ritma Rungule | ||||||||
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| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
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| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
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| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 2 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 3 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 4 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 5 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 6 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 7 | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 8 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
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| Bibliography | |||||||||
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| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Castells M., The rise of the Network Society, Oxford: Blackwell, 2000. | ||||||||
| 2 | Giddens A., The Consequences of Modernity. Cambridge: Polity, 1990. | ||||||||
| 3 | Rifkins Dž. Jaunās ekonomikas laikmets. Jumava. 2004. | ||||||||
| 4 | Webster F., Theories of the Information Society. Routledge, 2002. | ||||||||
| 5 | Полякова H. ХХ век в социологических теориях общества. М. Логос., 2004. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Bards A., Sēderkvists J. Netokrātija. Jumava, 2005 | ||||||||
| 2 | Karnītis E. Informācijas sabiedrība – Latvijas iespējas un uzdrošināšanās. Rīga, Pētergailis, 2004. | ||||||||
| 3 | Reich R.B., The Future of Success. Heinemann, 2001. | ||||||||
