The primary objective of this course, INF2154H: Current Issues in Intellectual Freedom: Library, Society, and the Right to Information, is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of current global and national issues surrounding intellectual freedom, library neutrality, and the right to information. Through theoretical readings, historical analysis, case studies, and interactive scenarios, students will explore the complexities of information access, censorship, and the role of various entities in shaping knowledge circulation and limitation. While the course will offer a basic theoretical, legal, and historical introduction to the subject, the main emphasis will be on present-day issues facing intellectual freedom globally, given the rise of authoritarianism, government and corporate surveillance, government thought control through the manipulation of media, regional wars, global psychological warfare, and campaigns of misinformation.
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