COMM 580 - Cybernetics,Systems and Media

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Krippendorff/Staff. Fulfills ASC Culture Distribution. An introduction to cybernetics, systems, information, and complexity theory, whose concepts are fueling the present information revolution. The course develops the formal building blocks for constructing operational models of communication and complex systems, whether these concern causal, cognitive, or social phenomena, and whether these are mathematical, computational, or conceptual in nature. The course embraces theories of human interfaces with technology: cyborg, information, coordination, and autopoiesis; and involves second-order cybernetic concepts, which offer a reflexive approach to understanding. The interdisciplinary scope of the course invites students from fields other than communication to draw on knowledge from their own backgrounds.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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