Information Policy: Seiminar in Social Media and AI

Program: MSIS/PhD

Catalog Description

Examine topics in the law of Social Media and Artificial Intelligence.  

Social media has revolutionized how we share, consume, and interact with all forms of digital content. These changes brought by social media touch on all aspects of our life—including our legal system. This course will discuss the spectrum of legal topics being impacted by social media: marketing, intellectual property, employment, privacy, free speech, and fund raising. You will also explore the role that lawyers in law firms and within organizations face when addressing these changes and the emerging risks. The objective of this seminar is to introduce students to the social media legal issues and the methods being used by attorneys to address these risks and how to identify the next area of social media that will challenge our existing legal norms.   

Artificial Intelligence is the use of machines to generate reasoning and problem solving, knowledge representation, and planning and decisionmaking. AI has been available in many forms for years but its use is becoming more commonplace in the practice of law. The delivery and use of AI presents many important legal and policy questions for society.

Instructor Description

The goal of a seminar is to write a 30-35 page paper with over 120 footnotes and with over 30 sources in a topic related to social media or artificial intelligence. Students will need to find a topic within the first two weeks, prepare an outline, a first draft, and a final draft. In the last several classes, students will deliver a 20 minute presentation to the class. The paper will count 80%, the presentation will count 10%, and class participation (including attendance) will count 10%.

Notes

Cross-listing of LAW 397S, hosted by the School  of Law.

Scheduled and Upcoming Classes for this Course

Class Name Semester Day(s) Start Time(s) End Time(s) Building Room
INF 390N: Information Policy: Seiminar in Social Media and AI

John S. Dzienkowski

Spring Term 2026
  • Monday
  • 2:30 pm
  • 4:30 pm
  • JON
  • 6.257

Past Classes for this Course

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