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AY 2012
Arts and Sciences

Interdisciplinary Information Studie - the Merging of Information and various Academic Disciplines (Global Focus on Knowledge)

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#AI & Information Science
#Psychology & Cognition
#Population & Social Issues
#Language & Thought
#Education
#Culture, Arts & Literature
#情報
#メディア
#インターネット
#認知科学
#情報技術
#イノベーション
#脳科学
#心理学
#科学技術
#ロボット
#学際性
#芸術
#文字
#Official UTokyo Courses (OCW)
#Arts and Sciences
Rapidly developing information technology has a large impact on greater society as a technological and ideological foundation that supports the current information society, and has changed the quality of intellectual activities in the areas of economics, society, education, culture, the arts, human behavior and towards life itself. It is therefore important for us as citizens of the 21st century, irrespective of which side of the academic divide (natural sciences vs. humanities/social sciences) we are on, to understand the relationship between information and intellectual activities. This lecture is based on concepts and methodologies in mandatory “information” courses that are taught to students in all areas. The purpose of this lecture is to provide students with the true meaning of broad information literacy by studying how these concepts and methodologies influence the various areas described above and how intellectual activities are altered as a result.

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A birds-eye view and history of information studies

1:24
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#1 A birds-eye view and history of information studies

An overview of lectures in this series will be presented and orientation on how lectures will be carried out will be conducted. How the concept of information has changed various academic studies will be outlined as well.

Lecturer | Hidetaka Ishida, Kazuhiro Ueda, Kaori Hayashi
1:24
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Information and Society

1:06
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#2 Information and Society

Before widespread use of the internet, mass-media such as newspapers and television served as the main carriers of public information. Today, information flow has changed greatly, as has the meaning of the word “public” itself. Through focusing on such changes, the differences between mass-media and the internet as information media will be elucidated from the historical context of their creation…

Lecturer | Kaori Hayashi
1:06
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Information and people

1:32
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#3 Information and people (1)

Problems with the idea of “treating human beings as information apparatuses” discussed in the lecture on May 10 will be identified and the difference between human and computer intellect will be discussed through the key concepts of emotion, body and evolution.

Lecturer | Kazuhiro Ueda
1:32
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#4 Information and people (2)

Problems with the idea of “treating human beings as information apparatuses” discussed in the lecture on May 10 will be identified and the difference between human and computer intellect will be discussed through the key concepts of emotion, body and evolution.

Lecturer | Kazuhiro Ueda
1:27
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Information and economy

1:25
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#5 Information and economy

Consumers do not necessarily make rational judgments when selecting products, and instead opt for simple methods when making their decisions. This behavior will be explained. Further, consumer psychology and behavioral mechanism will be investigated from a neurological viewpoint through the measurement of brain response. An attempt to apply such analyses to marketing will be also discussed.

Lecturer | Kazuhiro Ueda
1:25
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#6 Information and economy (2)

Consumers do not necessarily make rational judgments when selecting products, and instead opt for simple methods when making their decisions. This behavior will be explained. Further, consumer psychology and behavioral mechanism will be investigated from a neurological viewpoint through the measurement of brain response. An attempt to apply such analyses to marketing will be also discussed.

Lecturer | Kazuhiro Ueda, Kazuyuki Samejima
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Information and life

1:14
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#7 Information and life (1)

The accumulation of human knowledge can be figuratively compared to a living organism. Methods of academic research required in today’s modern society will be discussed based on this living organism concept.

Lecturer | Osamu Sakura
1:14
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#8 Information and life (2)

The accumulation of human knowledge can be figuratively compared to a living organism. Methods of academic research required in today’s modern society will be discussed based on this living organism concept.

Lecturer | Osamu Sakura
00:31
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Information and Education

1:05
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#9 Information and Education (1)

Information literacy, media literacy and technology literacy, which represent the knowledge required in an information-based society, will be described, and desirable methods for future education will be discussed.

Lecturer | Yuhei Yamauchi
1:05
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#10 Information and Education (2)

Information literacy, media literacy and technology literacy, which represent the knowledge required in an information-based society, will be described, and desirable methods for future education will be discussed.

Lecturer | Yuhei Yamauchi
1:05
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Information and culture

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#11 Information and culture (1)

The information media revolution will be viewed as a significant change in “the human condition” in civilization, and its ideological challenge will be discussed. The future directions of culture and intellect in the 21st century will be predicted.

Lecturer | Hidetaka Ishida, Masaki Fujihata
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1:28
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#12 Information and culture (2)

The information media revolution will be viewed as a significant change in “the human condition” in civilization, and its ideological challenge will be discussed. The future directions of culture and intellect in the 21st century will be predicted.

Lecturer | Hidetaka Ishida
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