136-291 Fact, Fiction and Fraud: Survival Skills for the Digital Workplace

Note

Available as 136-391 at 3rd-year level.

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Subject Description

Fact, Fiction and Fraud will focus on issues facing anybody working in an environment that includes digital information. The subject will include a study of the fundamental attributes that give documents, records, books and other information sources their authority. The application of these attributes to digital information, especially that found and distributed by networks such as the Internet, will be a particular focus. Key skills such as diplomatics and critical document analysis, used by scholars, researchers and archivists to interpret and understand traditional sources, will be used to develop the analytical skills required in the modern workplace. Course work will include analysis of World Wide Web information sources; Web site development, electronic mail/intranet use and the comparative study of relevant paper and other electronic publications. The issues to be studied derive from current industry experience and have broad, inter-disciplinary application.

Assessment

Class Paper of 1500 words (30%) Project Report of 1500 words (30%) Essay of 2000 words (40%).

Prescribed Texts

A course reader will be compiled.