LIB 4900 – Social Informatics – Fall 2015

For class on October 8, we will be discussing in detail a model research study that uses a social informatics approach and is described in this peer-reviewed journal article:

Arora, Payal. “Digital Gods: The Making Of A Medical Fact For Rural Diagnostic Software.” Information Society 26.1 (2010): 70-79. Library & Information Science Source. Web. 1 Oct. 2015.

Please read this article very carefully and be prepared in class to demonstrate to me in class:

• your understanding of how the sections of this article align with the standard journal article sections that we discussed in class on September 24
• your analysis of the interplay of the ICT  being studied and the social and institutional aspects of that ICT’s design, implementation, and use.

Make sure that you bring a print copy of the article with you to class.