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ISPP: Option Three. Information Context: People, Organizations, and Society Option (a/k/a Public Policy). What is ISPP?. http://ist.psu.edu/currentstudents/undergraduate/bachelors/page2.cfm?pageID=62
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ISPP: Option Three Information Context: People, Organizations, and Society Option (a/k/a Public Policy)
What is ISPP? • http://ist.psu.edu/currentstudents/undergraduate/bachelors/page2.cfm?pageID=62 • how information technology affects social change and the delivery of information to the consumer • human dimension of information technology • skills and knowledge to understand how people influence the design, development, diffusion, use, and management of information technology • affects of these social changes for individuals, communities, organizations, nations, and global environments • Public policy increasingly forms IT’s boundary conditions • But policy also creates major IT opportunities
ISPP Components • human-machine interface; • organization and retrieval of information; • digital libraries; • information and telecommunications services; • information and media industry structures; • software services and intermediaries; • telecommunications and information law and policy; • sociological aspects of technology change; • and art, design, multimedia and aesthetics
ISPP Coursework • IST Core – strong common coursework collection • IST 331 • Assessing the special information needs of particular groups of users • IST 431 • Understanding users, organizations & society, their influence on the development & use of IT; IT professionalism & future certification • IST 432 • economic, cultural, legal, ethical, and social issues • Analyze laws, regulations & public policies on: privacy, intellectual property, eCommerce, eGovernment, eDemocracy, security
ISPP Impact on Careers • IT strategic planning • Human-computer interface design • Systems analyst • Information policy analyst • Consulting • IT, technology industries, to govt. agencies • Security & privacy service providers • Govt Agencies, eGovt IT adaptation • Graduate School (e.g., IST, Engr, CSE), Professional School (Law, Bus.) & Domains in need of IT expertise (e.g., Healthcare, Security)
ISPP Impact on Contemporary Hot Issues • Content & IP ownership, control & use • Architectures: P2P, DRM, Ripping, Digital copying & Distribution, pre-loaded iPods • dB protect, video, music, books, reference • emerging business models: PPV, ad referrals • S-H/W issues: open source, grid, licensing • Emerging communications & entertainment technologies: • Email, VIOP/Skype, IM, TM, cell photos, pod-casting, Internet radio/TV, B’Berry, RSS, BLogs, FaceBook, MySpace • Artificial Intelligence (e.g., application to law, regulation)
ISPP Impact on Contemporary Hot Issues • eCommerce business model design • Entrepreneurship • Design, mkt niche ID, development of business plans & product/services, organization development, VC & financing, IP protection • Business Method Patents • SCO v. IBM, RIM v. NTP • Standards Development • Strategic IT Planning: bus 7 govt • Security & CyberCrime enforcement, counter-terrorism, CyberSecurity