{"id":58,"date":"2026-06-23T13:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2026-06-23T13:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:49:10","slug":"critical-information-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/critical-information-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical information studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group\u2019s goal is to study and change the impact of information on society. We seek to study information and the narratives which shape it from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, through theory-building, empirical work, action research, and transdisciplinary dialogue. Our approach is critical: we study and seek to impact race, power, gender and class perspectives on information, taking both a historical and a contemporary approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Critical information\/data studies &amp; cultural industries (David Chapman)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Models of information as narrative (Magnus Ramage)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Algorithmic racism and decolonial computing (Mustafa Ali)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Internet governance (Ray Corrigan)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Problem-oriented engineering (Jon Hall)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dtmd.org.uk\/\">Critical Information Studies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Group lead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/people\/sma78\">Dr Mustafa Ali<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The group\u2019s goal is to study and change the impact of information on society. 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